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March 4, 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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January 13, 2025

Who may attend an Annual Review meeting for an EHCP?

When arranging an Annual Review of a child or young person's EHCP, your child or young person’s head teacher or principle, or the Local Authority ...

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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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January 13, 2025

Health – Personal Health Budgets

A personal health budget is an amount of money allocated to support the identified healthcare and wellbeing needs of an child who has been assessed ...

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December 4, 2024

Forms to request an EHC needs assessment – Statutory Assessment requests made by a school or other educational setting

An Education, Health and Care (EHC) needs assessment (EHCNA) is a statutory assessment is a process where information is collected from the parents, child or ...

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March 10, 2025

Why do I need to consider mediation?

The SEND Code of Practice explains that mediation must be considered before you can submit an appeal to the SEND Tribunal. If you want to ...

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January 13, 2025

What happens before the Annual Review meeting?

Before the Annual Review meeting of a child or young person's EHCP, head teacher or principle of your child or young person's school or Local ...

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January 13, 2025

Making representations for an Independent school not s.41 approved

Where a parent wants a place at an independent school (e.g. wholly independent nurseries, schools, colleges etc.) to be named on a child or young ...

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February 21, 2025

Education – Personal Budgets

Personal budgets for Education have only been an option since April 2014. A personal budget for Education can only be agreed to meet provision detailed in ...

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December 2, 2024

Views of child or young person – Person Centred Tools

It is important that the views of children or young people are collected when requests for Education, Health and Care needs assessments (EHCNA) are made ...

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