Gayle Ripper

Gayle is a Specialist Assessor with extensive experience across education and

SEND. She is a former SENCo, Assistant Headteacher and secondary school

English teacher, with specialist expertise in access arrangements and dyslexia

assessment. She holds the NASENCo qualification, IPSEA Level 3, and is an

approved Qb Check practitioner.

Gayle is also qualified to carry out Workplace Needs Assessments and is a qualified

Job Coach, supporting neurodivergent individuals and those with additional needs to

access, sustain, and thrive in education and employment.

Alongside her professional roles, Gayle brings valuable lived experience of

supporting and advocating for a neurodivergent young person through the education

system, securing an EHCP, and successfully transitioning into further education and

the workplace. This perspective informs her empathetic, practical, and rights-based

approach to assessment, support and lawful practice.

Passionate about SEND, inclusion, and equality, Gayle is committed to ensuring that

children and young people are appropriately supported to achieve their full potential.