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Starting drafts for school communication

EHCP School Letter Helper for Parents

Create a clear starting draft for your own SEND or EHCP communication with school. You supply the facts, check every word, adapt the message and decide whether to send it.

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.

Drafting support for your own communication

School Liaison, Rewrite Assistant and Reasonable Adjustments can help turn your facts and concerns into a clearer starting point for your own communication. The assistants do not contact the school, send a letter or decide what you should say.

What you can prepare

  • A request for support
  • A request for a meeting
  • A factual evidence summary
  • Questions for an Annual Review
  • A request for reasonable adjustments
  • A follow-up after a school meeting
  • A summary of barriers or concerns
  • A request for a written response

How to get a useful first draft

Explain the purpose of the message, the relevant facts, what has already been tried and the response you are asking for. Leave out identifying details. If something important is missing, use a placeholder rather than asking the assistant to guess.

  • Keep the message focused on the child and the issue
  • Separate facts from opinions or assumptions
  • Use dates only when you have checked them
  • Ask for a clear and realistic next step
  • Keep your own copies of the final message and replies

Check and adapt every draft

Every response is drafting support: a starting point for your own communication. Read it from beginning to end, remove anything that is inaccurate, add the details the recipient genuinely needs, check any statements about law or process, and make sure the final message reflects your own view before you send it.

What the helper cannot do

  • It is not a legal letter generator
  • It cannot verify every fact or document
  • It cannot send letters or emails
  • It cannot make a school or local authority agree
  • It cannot assess or diagnose a child
  • It cannot replace personalised professional advice

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.

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