I lived this fight.
My kids were failed—bullied, tormented every day. The SENCO made it her power trip, blocking our rightful Education, Health, and Care Plan (EHCP). Teachers didn’t help—they were clueless.My kids stopped sleeping, sank into dark thoughts, and refused school to survive. Who’d stay in a hellhole like that?
The school gaslit us, pinned the blame on us, cut us off. The local Council wouldn’t challenge them; the PTA left us stranded—no one linked us to other parents. We were alone.I started a WhatsApp group for SEND parents at their school. We swapped tactics, propped each other up, broke the isolation.This began with SEND—but we quickly saw isolation affects many families. SEND Unity Circle is now a lifeline for any family whose child is let down by the system.Now, SEND Unity Circle delivers that real, local lifeline to every UK school—for families like us, kids like mine.