Without Mark’s advice and encouragement, we would have been nervous about going ahead with the appeal, as it felt like unfamiliar ground, daunting, and another long battle. You were so correct in reminding us of our daughters rights and what we need to do to protect their future. Thank you for reminding us of this. We can’t thank you enough.
"A Trusted Expert in a System That Often Feels Impossible" I can’t thank Mark at SEN4You enough for the incredible support and guidance he gave us during my daughter’s EHCP tribunal. From the beginning, Mark made me feel heard, understood, and supported. His knowledge of SEND law is second to none, but what really stood out was his calm, compassionate approach and his ability to break everything down clearly at such a stressful and emotional time. Mark took the time to understand the complexities of my daughter’s needs and helped build a case that was strong, detailed and truly representative of her situation. His attention to detail, responsiveness, and strategic advice gave me complete confidence throughout the process. Thanks to Mark’s support, we were successful at tribunal—and most importantly, my daughter will now be going to a school that can actually meet her needs. It’s not just a legal win—it’s a huge step forward in securing her wellbeing and future. If you are navigating the EHCP process or facing a tribunal, I wouldn’t hesitate to recommend Mark and SEN4You. I’m so grateful for everything he’s done for our family.
Would highly recommend SEN4You. The service from Mark in particular was absolutely brilliant! He was very helpful, knowledgeable, and communicative and thanks to him we now have a much needed EHCP for our son in time for primary school. Thank you ever so much!
We honestly cannot express how incredible Mark and Monica have been throughout our case. When we first approached Mark, we were devastated by the local authority’s decision to reject our daughter’s placement at a special needs school. From the very beginning, Mark took our case seriously, listened attentively to our concerns, and gave us complete confidence that we were in capable hands. Mark handled every aspect of the case with precision and professionalism. We never felt alone in the process — his support, along with Monica’s, was unwavering from start to finish. Mark was always transparent about the strength of our case and gave us honest guidance based on the evidence we had. He remained confident throughout, and it was clear he truly believed in what we were fighting for. The week before our tribunal, the local authority completely reversed their decision, and our daughter was offered a place at our first-choice special needs school. Without Mark’s dedication, expertise, and determination, we believe the outcome could have been very different. We are incredibly grateful for the support we received and cannot recommend Mark and his team highly enough. We will be directing anyone who needs this level of support straight to him. Thank you again for everything.
Mark and Monica are a thoroughly professional and effective team. Our son was signposted by the local authority to a mainstream school despite a diagnosis of Autism and the local authorities own Educational Psychologists report saying that she feared for our sons safety and mental well being if a mainstream school was named. I consulted with Mark and Monica after sending my appeal to the tribunal and realising it was too big a task for me to undertake successfully and straight away I was put at ease by Marks assessment of our sons case and his whole demeanour in how he works with you. I have no hesitation in recommending Mark at Sen4You and it is beyond doubt that he has changed our sons life having got him into the special school we chose and he needed which was actually in a neighbouring authority Thank you Mark and Monica from 2 very grateful parents
Received really good support received over an SEN dispute. Advice often provided out of hours when we were available and cannot fault the level of service, with one meeting even taking place on a bank holiday. Mark goes the extra and then some. The costs were extremely reasonable and they were nearly half what we were quoted by other firms. A great service all round.
We used SEN4You for a tribunal appeal. We were extremely stressed by the whole process but Mark took over. He gave clear advice and brought us a measure of calm. The Local Authority were offering us a secondary school which we believed could not meet our son's needs. Everything Mark advised would happen, happened and we were well prepared for it. The Local Authority looked silly at the hearing and their arguments were blown away. We won the appeal and my son can now look forward to going to a specialist school in September. If I could give more than 5 stars, I would. Mark, your our saviour. Thank you.
If you are serious about legal representation for any SEN related issue in the UK, in my opinion, there is only one best choice - Mark Small at Baker Small. I personally have seen the pre-eminence of Mark and total ownership of our case against the Local Authority, to such an extent that he was working at weekends/late evenings, consistently hyper-responsive to queries and extremely helpful in explaining complex legal matters. His brilliance in the court room is very well known, but what you will also experience is his unrivalled knowledge of the SEN process all the way from the acceptance of the requirement to perform an EHCP assessment through to representing you at Tribunal. Not everyone will need to go to Tribunal, and I have seen other Parents just use Mark for a small amount of time in writing letters or representing them in meetings. When Mark is involved Parents tend to be listened to by the LA in securing the support to which their child is entitled to. What I was not expecting from any solicitor was the degree to which Mark acted as our true champion and took such personal ownership of helping our little boy get the support which he so obviously needed and deserved. From our first meeting, Mark was able to distil the critical points into easy-to-understand concepts which allowed us to fully believe him when he said "I'll get you the support your child needs". Despite hearing from quite a few other Parents about his performance in the court-room, no-one could have prepared us for how professional, intelligent, articulate and generally just "really good at his job" Mark was on the date of the Tribunal. His preparation for the case was amazing; he knew the EHCP process "inside-out" but also he knew more about my boy than anyone else in the room (apart from us Parents obviously), and I believe that he was seen as highly credible by all parties. Mark has changed my little boy's chances of leading a happy and productive life. I've personally seen a large volume of recent experience from local parents - we all regard him as an absolute hero. If I could give 6 stars I would, and I could not recommend him more highly!
We used Baker Small for an SEN Tribunal appeal. I have to say that Mark was simply outstanding in all respects - his advice, preparation and confidence in our case was very re-assuring and he helped us through what could have been a very stressful process. His knowledge of local authorities was invaluable. I am so pleased that Mark is now working for parents... he is an asset to any parent in dispute with their local authority.
It is people like Mark Small that make the world a better place. We cannot recommend Baker Small and Mark Small highly enough. He is professional and driven and truly cares about the people he chooses to represent. There is no other firm in the UK that has the extensive knowledge of SEN that Baker Small has. We have an adopted child who was exposed to alcohol during pregnancy and this has caused him to have a lot of complex needs. We have been fighting our Local Authority for over 2 years to try and get our son the help he needs in an educational setting. We never thought anything could be worse than the process you have to go through to adopt but the EHC Plan process has been horrific and we ended up at tribunal fighting to get our son the help he needs. The system is complex and not at all parent friendly. The stress of the whole process and the time that was being spent every day on the case started to take its toll on our family. We lost hope that we would be able to get through this. Mark Small saved us. His attention to our case allowed us to be able to step back and enjoy our child and family again. He took over everything and gave us our life back. We have trusted him completely with our case and his SEN knowledge has been second to none! We absolutely cannot find the words to thank Mark and Baker Small for the help they have given us and for caring enough to not give up and continue to help us fight to get our child the help he needs.
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