Meet the founder

Jessica Buckle MABP

Co-Founder · SEND & EHCP Law Specialist · One half of Simplified Support

Jessica Buckle, co-founder of Simplified Support
  • IPSEA L1 · L2 · L3
  • National Speaker
  • Care Act Trainer
  • MABP

We built Simplified Support from the inside - not from theory, not from distance, but from the reality of living this system. Jess is one half of Simplified Support, alongside neurodiversity-affirming psychologist Nicola Middlehurst FMBPsS.

Jessica is a national SEND speaker and IPSEA-trained law specialist with deep expertise in Education, Health and Care Plans (EHCPs), transition to adulthood, and inclusive education. As a neurodivergent parent carer who built a bespoke Education Otherwise Than At School (EOTAS) package for her own son, she translates statutory frameworks into plain English that families, schools and local authority caseworkers can actually act on. Her own neurodivergent lived experience sits underneath every template and tracker, so nothing ever asks families to mask, perform or push past their limits to get heard.

Beyond the legal training, Jessica designed, secured and now manages her own son's full EOTAS package, building it from the ground up after mainstream provision broke down. She coordinates tutors, therapists and specialist provision week to week, holds the local authority to its statutory funding and review duties, manages contracts and invoicing for every provider, and keeps the package legally watertight at every annual review.

Want Jess's direct input?

Jess can manage your EOTAS package, or you can book one-to-one time with her.

L1·2·3

IPSEA Legal Training

GOSH

Research Contributor

National

Conference Speaker

Unmasking EBSA book cover by Jessica Buckle and Nicola Middlehurst

Co-author

Unmasking EBSA

A groundbreaking framework for evidence, advocacy and real change - co-written by Jessica Buckle MABP and Nicola Middlehurst FMBPsS.

Understanding emotionally based school avoidance and masking, and giving you the tools to turn your lived experience into impactful evidence.

IPSEA-Trained SEND Law Practitioner

IPSEA Level 1 - SEND Law Foundations

Children & Families Act 2014, SEND Code of Practice & statutory duties

IPSEA Level 2 - EHC Needs Assessments & Plans

Drafting, challenging, and securing legally compliant EHCPs

IPSEA Level 3 - SEND Tribunal & Appeals

First-tier Tribunal preparation, evidence, and case strategy

Practice, Research & Training

National Conference Speaker

EHCP law, SEND reform, parent rights & tribunal advocacy

CPD Trainer for Education & Social Care Professionals

Care Act 2014, Children and Families Act 2014 and SEND Code of Practice training delivered to frontline professionals nationally

Research Contributor - Great Ormond Street Hospital

Contributing lived-experience insight directly into clinical research

EOTAS Pioneer & Parent Carer

Built and runs a successful Education Otherwise Than At School package for her own son

EOTAS Operational Lead

Manages tutors, therapists, contracts, invoicing and statutory annual reviews week to week

Member, Association for Business Psychology (MABP)

Workplace and organisational psychology expertise applied to SEND workforce design

Family-Facing Translator of SEND Law

Turns the Children and Families Act 2014, the SEND Code and Tribunal practice into language families can act on

Co-Author - Unmasking EBSA

Co-written with Nicola Middlehurst FMBPsS: a framework for evidence, advocacy and real change in emotionally based school avoidance

"Families shouldn't have to burn out to get their children what they need."
- Jessica Buckle MABP

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