Catriona is responsible for IPSEA’s work in bringing about change by influencing the development of SEND policy nationally. Her background is in public policy and communications, and she has worked for a number of charities and public sector organisations, as well as in Parliament. In the past she has served as an elected councillor in a London borough, a special school governor and a charity trustee. She has personal experience of having a disabled child. In her spare time, she enjoys walking, reading, going to the theatre and being by the sea.
IPSEA are the leading charity in the field of SEND law in England, and provide free and independent legal advice and support to families of children and young people with SEND. For more information about their work please visit: https://www.ipsea.org.uk
The “national conversation” on SEND reform has ended, and everyone who has an interest in supporting children and young people with SEND is waiting with some trepidation for the Government to publish its much-trailed schools white paper. But why have there been
