SEND & Specialist Education Insurance, Shaped Around Your School
Insurance and advice to help manage your school’s unique risks
Where Specialist Education Meets Specialist Insurance
We provide tailored insurance solutions for Special Educational Needs (SEN) schools, Special Educational Needs & Disabilities (SEND) schools, and Alternative Provision settings, including those supporting pupils with behavioural needs, complex additional needs, specialist care, or therapeutic interventions.
At Hayes Parsons, we work closely with leaders of SEN and SEND schools, Alternative Provision settings, pupil referral units and specialist education providers to deliver clear, well-structured insurance programmes and practical risk advice that reflect how your setting really operates. As a truly independent broker, we are free to approach specialist insurers who genuinely understand the sector, allowing us to secure appropriate protection without unnecessary cost or compromise.
We support a wide range of schools and specialist education providers, including new ventures entering the market. Our experience means we understand:
- The wide variety of operating models
- The higher-risk exposures involved in care, education and therapy
- The importance of insurer confidence and continuity
- The scrutiny placed on governance, safeguarding and compliance
This insight allows us to structure insurance programmes that work in practice, not just on paper.
Understanding Your Specific Risks
Schools and education settings supporting pupils with SEN, SEND or behavioural and complex needs face challenges that require careful, specialist consideration, including:
- Complex risk profiles including specialist equipment, adapted buildings, transport and safeguarding obligations
- Regulatory pressure and ongoing compliance with legal and regulatory frameworks
- Recruiting, retaining and protecting skilled staff
- Delivering high standards of care within fixed or restricted budgets
We understand these pressures and build insurance solutions that support your objectives, rather than creating barriers.
How We Support SEN, SEND and Alternative Provision Settings
Tailored insurance programmes
We take time to understand how your school operates, then design cover around your real exposures. Our strong relationships with specialist insurers allow us to secure appropriate terms that reflect the realities of specialist education provision.
Practical risk management advice
Insurance is most effective when supported by good risk management. We provide proportionate, practical advice to help reduce claims, support safeguarding and strengthen insurer confidence, without adding unnecessary complexity.
Dedicated, ongoing support
Our involvement doesn’t stop at renewal. You will have a dedicated Education team providing year-round support with policy queries, claims assistance and insurer liaison. The result is fewer surprises, clearer decision-making and confidence that support is there when you need it most. This mirrors the support we provide across our wider Education portfolio, ensuring consistency and continuity as schools grow or evolve.
Why Schools Choose Hayes Parsons
Specialist SEN and SEND expertise within our Education team
Access to specialist markets that understand the sector and risks
Ability to insure new ventures and growing groups
Responsive service from people who know your school
Let's Talk
Whether you’re reviewing your current arrangements, launching a new SEN, SEND or Alternative Provision setting, or simply want an informed second opinion, our education team would welcome a conversation.
Emma Butcher ACII
Client Executive
Chartered Insurance Broker
0117 930 1657 | 07841 430 237
Ben Leah ACII
Director & Head of Education
Chartered Insurance Broker
0117 930 1675 | 07554 455 041
