If you are interested in this area please get in touch with Imogen directly (Email: imogen.howarth@schoolschoice.org) At the Crossroads or a recent tribunal case regarding Post-16 provision, an educational psychologist (EP) gathered a young person's views through a series of illustrated and Person-Centred conversations. The young person emphatically and repeatedly expressed her wish to remain in education locally; to be with her friends and in a familiar setting, where she had been offered a

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... ce. Her wishes were fully supported by the Local Authority and experienced college staff who knew the young person well and were confident that they could provide the support she would need. The tribunal panel nonetheless gave greater weighting to parental wishes for an out-of-county residential setting, concurring that this would provide more expertise and consistency than was locally offered.