Part of Essex County Council's statutory duty to promote the education of Children in Care and Previously Looked After Children.
The Local Authority also has a non-statutory duty to support children known to social care under Child in Need (CiN) and Child Protection (CP) plans, and those in Kinship Care arrangements.
Family Fund is a charity which gives grants and services to families on low incomes raising a disabled or seriously ill child or young person, up to the age of 24.
They offer free and independent legally based information, advice and support to help get the right education for children and young people with all kinds of special educational needs and disabilities.