IPSEA is a registered National charity giving free and independent legally based information, advice and support to make sure that children and young people with all kinds of special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) get the right education.

IPSEA is small, but influential, with a large reputation, and is poised on the brink of becoming much bigger. The Board of Trustees has committed to increasing by 50% the number of people helped by IPSEA over the next three years and increase volunteer retention to 80% in the same period.

IPSEA provides a unique range of specialist services. These services include two helplines lines run by volunteers, an email information service, and direct caseworker support for parents undergoing SEND Tribunals.