Welcome

Parents or carers - do you have a child who has special educational needs (SEN)?

Do you need information, advice, support?

If so, there is a specialist service for you...

Gloucestershire Parent Partnership Service provides:

 

  • information
  • advice
  • support

 

...to parent and carers

It is impartial, confidential and free

If you think we can help please contact us.

Click on General Introduction for information about our service and some other leaflets.

  • 27/01/2010
    Kidz in the Middle Showcase, March 2010
    General and booking information on the "Kidz in the Middle" Exhibition showcase, Coventry, plus a supplementary "Moving & Handling" update conference.
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  • 25/01/2010
    PPS Information Day - 25th Feb 2010
    A free drop-in event for parents and carers of children with special educational needs (SEN).
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  • 19/05/2009
    Have you seen our new leaflet ?
    We have published a new general introduction to the Parent Partnership Service.
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  • 24/02/2009
    Have you seen the OAASIS website?
    You may be interested to look at the OAASIS website. The acronym stands for Office for Advice, Assistance, Support and Information on Special Needs.
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  • 24/02/2009
    Help for parents through other organisations
    Whilst we cannot endorse any particular websites we thought that the training details might be of interest to some of our parents. Please look at the list of organisations we provide on this website under ‘Other Organisations’.
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  • 28/01/2009
    South West Regional SEN/LDD Hub
    This is one of 10 Hubs established by Government and it is operated for our region by Somerset. The DCFS wanted the Local Authorities to focus more on the ‘enjoy’ and ‘achieve’ focus of Every Child Matters.
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  • 28/01/2009
    Some interesting facts and figures from (Glos PPS)
    We looked at the period from 1 April 2008 to 20 January 2009. During this time we recorded a total of 1467 cases. Out of those 622 were new cases. A total of 1804 actions were taken.
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  • 28/01/2009
    Is this the first time you have looked at our website?
    Parents do not have to wait until someone refers them to Parent Partnership Services. They can contact us direct on 0800 158 3603 (freephone) or via this website. We are here for parents and carers, but also engage with other agencies. 25% of calls are from parents whose child has no recognised SEN. Please call us if you need impartial advice or information.
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