Will your child or young person be involved in Annual Review meetings?

January 8, 2025

What Happens In My Annual Review (video for Children & Young People)

This video has been created by local Children and Young People. This is one of a series of 3 videos to help children, young people ...

January 13, 2025

What are Direct Payments?

Direct Payments are payments given to individuals to pay for care/support services which they have been assessed as needing; the intention is to give them ...

January 13, 2025

How is disability defined by Equality Act?

To be protected under the Equality Act (EqA), the claimant meet the legal definition. Disability is defined as: “a physical or mental impairment which has ...

November 3, 2025

Right to a mainstream education

The law says a child or young person with an EHCP must be educated in a mainstream school or post-16 institution unless: parent or young ...

November 10, 2025

Forms to request an Education, Health and Care needs assessment

Appendix A - parent carer request for assessment of special educational needs Appendix F - views of the child / young person for an EHC ...

August 26, 2023

Who can request an EHC needs assessment?

If, following a period of time at within SEND Support through the Torbay SEND Support and Provision – Graduated Response, your child or young person is still not ...

August 21, 2023

Preparing to make an EHC needs assessment request

If you are considering making the request for an Education, Health and Care (EHC) needs assessment yourself, it is important to provide the Local Authority ...

January 13, 2025

The Local Authority’s Duty to consult

Whether or not the parent or young person has made a request for a particular school/setting, before a school/setting can be named on an EHCP ...

March 3, 2025

SEND Frequently Asked Questions

The Torbay SEND team have created this document to help with frequently asked questions. Our goal is to streamline communication and provide you with quicker ...