The Advisory Centre for Education (ACE) is a national charity that provides independent advice for parents and carers of children aged 5-16 in state-funded education. ACE aims to provide the information, support and high-quality advice that parents need to help their children at school, particulalry where there are problems.

They offer free advice on many subjects like exclusion from school, bullying, special educational needs and school admission appeals.

AskACE is a free, independent text advice service available from The Advisory Centre for Education (ACE). It also now provides advice to parents on special educational needs (SEN) issues, in addition to the advice it already provides on school admissions and appeals.

Text ‘AskACE’ to 68808 on issues such as getting extra help for your child with a special educational need at school, getting a statement for your child, disability discrimination and SEN related exclusion issues. The service, including all texts, is free.