Education, Health and Care Plans (EHCPs)
What is an EHCP?
An Education, Health and Care Plan (EHCP) is a legal document for children or young people up to 25 years of age. It describes the child or young person’s special educational needs, support they require and outcomes they would like to achieve.
In most cases best practice and funding that already exists in a setting can meet the child or young person's needs without an EHCP.
If they have a significant and long-term special educational need or disability that ordinary provision cannot support, a child's setting or parent can request an Education Health Care Needs Assessment (EHCNA).
An EHCNA is the assessment that determines whether an EHCP is granted.
EHCPs and EHCNAs
What EHCPs and an EHCNAs are and who needs one.
How to get an EHCP
About assessments for an Education, Health and Care Plan (EHCP) and how to get one.
Annual reviews for EHCPs
Annual Reviews are a statutory requirement.
Admissions to school for children with an EHCP
How the school admission process works for children with EHCPs - including mainstream and specialist provision.
Personal budgets
What is a personal budget? How it's used to deliver parts of the provision set out in your Education, Health and Care Plan (EHCP).
Appeals, advocacy and support
Information about how to appeal a decision, advocacy and support in getting an EHCNA and EHCP, and compliments and complaints.