02 JULY 2025
Join our Group Parent Partnership Manager, Simone Mattinson for an insightful webinar exploring everything parents and carers need to know about the Education, Health and Care Plan (EHCP) process. Plus, have your questions answered by our expert speaker in the live Q&A.
Supporting parents & carers
📅 Date: Wednesday 2nd July
⏰ Time: 10am - 11am
In this webinar, Simone will explore:
✔️What an EHCP is, who can apply for one, and common misconceptions
✔️ How long the EHCP assessment takes and what the final plan includes
✔️ How to name a preferred school in the EHCP and how to appeal decisions
About our speaker
Simone Mattinson
Group Parent Partnership Manager
We are Witherslack Group. The UK’s leading education provider for children and young people with special educational needs as evidenced by sector leading Ofsted judgements and our unmatched placement stability, school attendance and outcomes for young people.
Our EHCP expert speaker, Simone, leads a team of Parent Support Specialists providing advice, support, and guidance to parents and carers throughout the EHCP journey and the process of finding a suitable school placement for children and young people with special educational needs.
Simone holds IPSEA SEN Law Level 2 and Level 3 (Including Tribunal) qualifications, bringing a strong legal foundation to her advocacy and support work. She has over 10 years of experience working in SEN at the Witherslack Group, and is also a parent to a neurodivergent young adult, giving her both professional expertise and personal insight into SEN.