When you receive the draft Education, Health and Care plan (EHCP) you will also have been sent a form (A2) to complete and return. The A2 form asks:

• whether or not you agree with the contents of the EHCP
• for you to let the LA know what school you would like to be named on the final EHCP

You need to complete and return this form within 15 calendar days.

The draft EHCP is not allowed to have the name of a school in it, but this does not mean you have to choose a different school to the one currently attended by your child or young person.

You can ask for a meeting to be arranged if you want to talk to the LA about:

• changes you might want to be made to the contents of the EHCP
• the school that might like to be named

To get a better understanding about naming a school you might want to look at Choosing and naming a school (or setting) in an Education, Health and Care (EHC) plan

The LA then has to consult the school you want to be named before deciding whether or not they can name that school on the final EHCP.