12 NOVEMBER 2025
Simone Mattinson, our Group Parent Partnerships Manager, presents a live session exploring her expert tips, insights and practical strategies for navigating appeals in the EHCP.
Supporting parents & carers
📅 Date: Wednesday 12th November
⏰ Time: 10am - 11am
In this webinar, Simone will explore:
✔️ A brief overview of the EHCP process and what to expect
✔️ The key decisions you can appeal, including assessment refusals and plan content
✔️ How the appeal process works, including mediation, tribunal, and where to find support
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.