EHCP & Needs Assessments

This article explains what an EHCP is, how it supports your child/young person and how we can support you.

Professional reports, Individual Education Plans (IEPs) and EHCPs often name interventions, approaches and strategies that your child will receive. This blog explains key interventions and approaches that we regularly see in IEPs and EHCPs.

This article explains what happens during an EHC Needs Assessment and how you can ensure the best identification of needs and provision possible. An EHCP is only ever as good as the professional advice obtained during the EHC needs assessment process. The identification of outcomes, needs and provision in professional reports will be used to write your child’s EHCP, so it is extremely important that professional advice is as accurate and thorough as possible. What happen

My LA have refused an EHC needs assessment request. What are my options?

Are the abbreviations, acronyms, and terminology used in SEND (there goes another!) driving you to distraction and back again?

This article explains why it's imperative to check your EHCP, when you must be doing this, and how.

If you have a draft EHCP due in the school holidays when schools are closed, this blog will explain what you should do. It will guide you through how to prepare and respond to a draft EHCP that is received during a school summer break, Christmas or Easter holiday – when schools are not open for extended periods of time and potentially for the duration of your 15-calendar day response time. There are clearly limitations that do not occur during term time. You must now conside

If you have a draft EHCP following an EHC Needs Assessment, you have 15 calendar days to respond to this draft EHCP, to request changes. For more information about how to make a robust response to a draft EHCP see this blog here. Under SEND Regulations 13, the LA must agree to meet with you to discuss the draft plan if you request this. This meeting is called a co-production meeting and we strongly advise that you request one when you return your response to the draft EHCP

Not sure if your child’s EHCP is fit for purpose? We guide you through what a good Section B (needs) and Section F (provision) should look like, in plain English.

In this blog post, we will discuss how to effectively communicate your child's needs in their Education, Health, and Care Plan (EHCP).

We usually focus on the education part of Education, Health and Care Plans, but in this blog we are turning our attention to health and social care. The Health and Social Care Sections in an EHCP are: C – Health Needs D – Social Care Needs G – Health Provision H – Social Care Provision Health sections must be agreed by the responsible commissioning body (usually the integrated care board) not the Local Authority. Once health care provision is agreed and specified i

The EHCP is like a ‘menu’ for your child, and it is unique to your child, written exclusively for your child.

Find out what to do if your LA ignores your EHCP amendments. Learn what evidence must be included in Sections B and F of an EHCP to support your appeal and ensure your child’s SEN are fully specified and met.

It is not unusual for Local Authorities to conduct an EHC Needs Assessment and then refuse to issue an EHCP. This is not legal.

If you disagree with your child's EHCP, you can either accept, request mediation, or appeal to SENDIST, each requiring thorough.

This blog will explain your options if you are not happy with the school that is named in your childs EHCP.

Learn how the law supports mainstream education for SEND children, and how to evidence when a special school or alternative provision is truly needed.

There's a lot of talk at the moment about artificial intelligence (AI). Tools like ChatGPT, Claude, and CoPilot are being recommended more and more for things like writing documents, drafting emails, and even preparing for legal cases. Some services are encouraging parents to use them when applying for an EHCP or preparing for a Tribunal or Judicial Review. On the surface, this might sound like a smart, cost-saving option. But we want to be absolutely clear: using AI tools to

This article explains what an Annual Review is, and why they are so important to your child's SEND education.

Annual Reviews must happen at least every year that you have an EHCP. They can happen more frequently if an early annual review is called and can happen twice within 12 months if your child is in a Phase Transfer year. It is best practice for a child under the age of 5 to have an annual review every 6 months. See more on this here.