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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 ...

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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 ...

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January 8, 2025

A Young Person’s Experience of Mediation – Video

In this short video a young person explains their experience of mediation.

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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 ...

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April 27, 2026

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 ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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August 5, 2025

Do I need to request a mediation meeting?

No - mediation is a voluntary process. But, if you are considering appealing to the SEND Tribunal, unless you are only appealing about the school ...

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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 ...

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January 13, 2025

Gathering information (disagreements about SEND provision)

It is important to keep a written record of all contacts with the school, the local authority or health, particularly if you may be moving ...

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