Join as one of 30 founding members.

Parents across England are fighting for their child’s support and cannot find the right expert. SEN Help connects them to verified professionals like you. The first 30 founding members join free while the founding list builds: billing starts when all 30 places fill or on 1 December 2026, whichever comes first, then £49 a month locked for as long as they stay listed, with at least 14 days’ written notice before any first charge. And if parents are not reaching you in your first 90 days, billing pauses until they are.

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Why we’re building this

SEN Help was built by people who have lived the SEND system as parents, not just read about it. We know what it is to fight for a child’s support and not know where to turn, to be talked over in meetings, and to be told to wait when waiting is the one thing you cannot afford.

Our mission is simple: to be the place SEND families across England come to for genuine help, and to leave no parent behind. Every parent’s voice is valid. Every child deserves the right support. We are building that with professionals who feel the same way, and we would love you to be one of them.

The problem you know too well

You’re excellent at what you do. You win cases, you change outcomes, you make a real difference for children and families. But marketing yourself? Finding the right clients? That’s a different skill entirely.

Right now, parents who desperately need your help are searching Google and finding expensive solicitors, outdated charity directories, or nothing at all. They’re asking in Facebook groups and getting word-of-mouth recommendations that may or may not lead them to someone qualified.

Meanwhile, you’re relying on referrals that come in unpredictably, or paying for advertising that attracts enquiries from people who aren’t ready to instruct.

The need has never been greater

As of January 2026, 718,838 children and young people in England have an Education, Health and Care plan. That is 12.5% more than a year earlier, the steepest rise since plans began in 2014. More families are fighting for support than ever, and most of them have no trusted way to find a qualified professional. That is the gap you fill.

How SEN Help works for you

We open to parents on 18 August 2026. Founding members are verified and live from day one, so the first matched enquiries go to you. Parents will reach the directory through our SEND Rights Quiz, Local Authority Report Cards, and trusted resources, so by the time a parent searches for a professional, they have already worked through what their child needs and decided they want expert help.

When a parent submits a Get Matched request, their enquiry goes directly to your inbox, with their name, Local Authority, urgency level, and a brief description of their situation.

What you get as a founding member

The full profile, at the founding rate, protected by our 90-day promise:

Why join now, and why stay

Our verification standards

We verify every professional, so parents can trust who they find. We don’t list everyone who applies, because the families using this directory are trusting us to point them in the right direction.

Before your profile goes live, we verify your HCPC or SRA registration against the official regulatory register, confirm your legal declaration of Professional Indemnity Insurance and Enhanced DBS, and review your application for completeness.

This process typically takes 2 to 3 business days. It’s what makes SEN Help different, and it’s why parents trust the professionals they find here.

What it costs, told to you upfront

The standard rate is £99 to £199 a month depending on your profession. As one of our first 30 founding members you pay nothing while the founding list builds, then £49 a month, locked in for as long as you stay listed.

Standard rates: £99 to £199/month

From member 31: SEND solicitors £199, educational psychologists £149, speech and language therapists, occupational therapists, advocates and specialist tutors £99. Priced against what one referred case is worth in your profession, not against a listings site.

Our 90-day promise. An enquiry means a real parent contacting you directly with their details through SEN Help, never a page view or a profile visit. If no enquiries have reached you in your first 90 days, your billing pauses until they do. Billing never runs while value is not arriving, and before it restarts we’ll get in touch personally to hear how it is going.

Rolling monthly, cancel any time. No card is needed to apply.

Who we’re looking for

This platform is for independent professionals who work directly with SEND families and share one belief: every child deserves the right support, and every parent deserves to be heard. If that’s you, and you hold the appropriate registration, we’d like you on board.

We’re looking for people who got into this work to make a real difference, not just to fill a diary. If that’s the way you work, you’ll fit right in.

Ready to join the founding group?

The application takes about 5 minutes and no card is needed. You’ll need your HCPC or SRA registration number. The founding rate, the standard rates and the 90-day promise are all shown again during the application, so there are no surprises. The agreement you’d be signing is the Professional Partnership Agreement, published in full. You can watch the founding list build at Find an Expert.

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