Education, Health and Care Needs Assessment
Applying for an Education, Health and Care Needs Assessment (EHCNA).
If a child or young person has been receiving SEN support for a while and is not making expected progress, the educational setting, parent carer or young person themselves, if they are over 16, may consider requesting an assessment to see whether an Education, Health and Care Plan is needed.
It is strongly advised that the Ordinarily Available Inclusive Practice guide is reviewed, alongside the Education, Health and Care Needs Assessment (EHCNA) guidance BEFORE a request is made.
Parent carers and young people can apply by:
- using the template documents on the SENDIAS website
- writing or emailing the SEN Assessment Team.
There is more information about this process and key information on our SEN Assessment Team page.
Settings can apply by emailing the required forms to the SEN Assessment Team. The required EHCNA request form and EHCNA medical questionnaire can be downloaded below. Please email these completed forms, along with other relevant evidence described on the final page of the request form, to EHCNARequest@westsussex.gov.uk.
The EHCNA guidance document below contains further information about the next steps once your request is received.
The Provision Map guidance includes examples of costed provision maps and further guidance can be found in the Developing an individual provision map document.
- EHCNA Request form (Word, 171KB)
- EHCNA Guidance (PDF, 419KB)
- EHCNA Medical questionnaire (PDF, 161KB)
- Provision Map guidance (PDF, 290KB)
- Developing an individual provision map (PDF, 942KB)
- Pupil Contribution template A (Word, 228KB)
- Pupil Contribution template B (Word, 94KB)
- Pupil Contribution template C (Word, 934KB)
- Pupil Contribution guidance (PDF, 57KB)
Further information and guidance can be found in our Special educational needs and disability (SEND) section.