If the process of an Educational, Health and Care (EHC) needs assessment was started for your child or young person, but no Education, Health and Care plan (EHCP) issued.

Your new local authority SEND team have to decide whether they need to carry out an EHC needs assessment themselves using the information provided by the previous authority. When making their decision, they will take account of the information the previous authority used when deciding to carry out an EHC needs assessment. If they agree to carry out an EHC needs assessment, they will also use information already gathered by the previous authority as part of the EHC needs assessment. They will keep you informed of their decisions and procedures.

If your child or young person has an Educational, Health and Care plan (EHCP) already in place.

Your new local authority SEND team will become responsible for maintaining the EHCP and for the special educational provisions specified. Your child or young person can continue to attend the school named in their EHCP if it is close enough to your new home address. But, where attendance would be impractical, for reasons such as it now being too far away, they must place your child or young person temporarily at an appropriate educational setting until the EHCP is formally amended.

Within 6 weeks of the date of transfer, your new local authority SEND team must inform you when they will be reviewing the plan or whether they propose to re assess. 

The new local authority may:

• Bring forward the arrangements for the review of the EHCP
• Or complete a new EHC needs assessment, regardless of when the previous assessment took place.

The new local authority must:

• Review the EHCP within 12 months of it being made
• Or review the EHCP within 3 months of it being transferred