Education Advocacy offer parents an affordable alternative to specialist education solicitors, charging approximately one third to a half of what a solicitor would normally charge.
Education Advocacy are specialists in their field focussing purely on education and special educational needs law. We offer a breadth and depth of experience enabling us to quickly ascertain the key points of your case, understanding exactly what needs to be done and how. All staff are IPSEA trained.
Nigel Pugh – Managing Director
Nigel has 30 years’ experience supporting parents and children as they go through the Special Educational Needs process. He started as a parent of 2 children with SEN, became a voluntary befriender for 10 years, set up and ran a parent partnership scheme for 3 years, worked for a legal aid law firm with an education franchise, was Head of Befriending at the British Dyslexia Association, worked for the Exclusions Team at IPSEA and then under contract to the Disability Rights Commission via IPSEA. He set up Education Advocacy in 2008 and now has a team of 5 staff.
Emily Toyne – Caseworker
After getting her degree Emily worked in a Women’s Refuge and Adult Autism care. She saw how ‘the system’ had failed so many parents and children. Emily has worked at Education Advocacy for 8 years and was our third employee. She has run in excess of 400 cases. Clients describe her as being “calm, helpful and knowledgeable”.
Heather Pugh – Office Manager
Heather has many years of experience with multi-national companies and now oversees the accounts function and provides business and administrative support to the company.