General appeal preparation
AI EHCP Appeal Support: Prepare Your Questions and Evidence
Prepare your own questions, evidence and working documents with the existing Appeals Support assistant. It provides general information and drafting help, not representation, legal advice or a promised result.
AI can make mistakes. These digital assistants provide general information and drafting support. They are not a solicitor, medical professional, educational psychologist or personalised human advocate. Check important information and decide for yourself what to use or send.
What the Appeals Support assistant can help with
Appeals Support can explain general stages in plain English and help you organise material you already have. It works best when you remove identifying information and describe the decision, the issues you disagree with and the documents available.
- Understand a general appeal stage
- Organise evidence by issue
- Prepare questions
- Create a chronology from dates you provide
- Identify information that may be missing
- Prepare for a meeting
- Draft a starting point for correspondence
- Separate facts, concerns and requested outcomes
Organising evidence and a chronology
You can ask the assistant to group reports, letters, school records and your own observations around the issues in dispute. It can format dates and events you provide into a chronology, but it must not invent a date, event, professional view or piece of evidence.
Preparing questions and correspondence
The assistant can turn your concerns into focused questions or a calm starting draft. Check the draft against your decision letter and documents, correct anything that is wrong, and adapt the tone before sending it yourself.
What it does not do
- It does not provide Tribunal representation
- It does not provide legal advice
- It does not predict or guarantee an appeal outcome
- It does not lodge an appeal or meet a deadline for you
- It does not assess your child's needs
- It does not replace a solicitor or personalised advocate
When personalised support may be appropriate
Consider personalised support if you are unsure what can be appealed, a deadline may apply, the documents are complex, evidence is disputed, or you want someone to review your individual position. Always check the date and instructions in your own decision letter and current official guidance.
Choose the right assistant or tool
Use the tools safely
Leave out names, addresses, school names, dates of birth, case numbers and other identifying details. Review every answer or draft, check important facts against current official information, and personalise it before using it.
Read the AI disclaimer and privacy notice.