I began this website in 2006 both as a service to parents and to promote my business. I consider the educational system is often stacked against parents who have problems with individual schools or the education service and began my consultancy in 2003 to try and alleviate this somewhat in Kent and Medway.
Very soon I established that the need was far greater than I thought and my role (I do have a life outside education) became too full, to the extent that sadly, I have now had to retire completely from my individual consultancy advising families. Before I stepped back, I worked with around 1000 families on preparing appeals for all types of school, along with many others who faced different issues with schools or the education service, and each year carried out many telephone consultations, all contributing to my wide experience of matters educational in Kent and Medway.
Back to the website. This began life with a few short pages that I was able to edit and update simply, but as time has gone on, the range of issues and the amount of material covered have spiralled almost out of control. The site was relaunched in a professional format in January 2011, but content revision is ongoing, especially at the time of writing when I have spare capacity (coronavirus emergency). Please let me know where further revision is needed, together with any errors or omissions (especially faulty links!) and I will give that high priority in my work. As with all aspects of the website, I am happy to include links to non-commercial websites that support parents, and I am also happy to accept relevant advertisements.
I don’t have the capacity to share the material on this non-profit making website on social media, but am happy for it to be reproduced with acknowledgement, where you will often find it.
Peter J Read
B.Sc., M.Phil., M.A., Dip.Gen.
peter@kentadvice.co.uk