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Category: <span>Education Health and Care Plan</span>
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EHCP Annual Review: Our stats show there’s nothing annual about them…
Columnists, Education Health and Care Plan, SEND, special needs

EHCP Annual Review: Our stats show there’s nothing annual about them…

By Matt Keer December 10, 2019 March 26, 2020

After months of form-filling, evidence gathering, panel meetings and bureaucratic slow-dancing, your child or young person now has an Education, Health & Care Plan (EHCP). With a bit of luck, …

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When is a significant injustice to a disabled child, not
a significant injustice?
Education Health and Care Plan, Guest Posts, special needs

When is a significant injustice to a disabled child, not
a significant injustice?

By Tania Tirraoro October 29, 2019 October 28, 2019

with Claire Ryan Every week the Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman (LGSCO) publishes the latest set of decisions for complaints its investigated from parents against (some) schools and local …

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a significant injustice?"
EHCPs in 2019: Bedded in, or bogged down?
Columnists, Education Health and Care Plan, special needs

EHCPs in 2019: Bedded in, or bogged down?

By Matt Keer May 31, 2019 March 26, 2020

Early Thursday morning, whilst thousands of families and allies were preparing to march to draw attention to the national crisis in SEND, the Department for Education published their annual set …

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Are EHCP Annual Reviews being unlawfully delayed by too-busy LAs?
Education Health and Care Plan, Guest Posts, special needs

Are EHCP Annual Reviews being unlawfully delayed by too-busy LAs?

By Tania Tirraoro May 2, 2019 May 5, 2019

When my sons had their first annual review after their Education, Health and Care Plan (EHCP), it happened roughly on time. However, we never received the report after the review. …

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Phase Transfer deadline: what to do if your child’s EHCP isn’t finalised on time
Columnists, Education Health and Care Plan, Legal Agony Aunt

Phase Transfer deadline: what to do if your child’s EHCP isn’t finalised on time

By Hayley Mason February 12, 2019 February 11, 2019

The transfer deadline day for all settings except post-16, is fast approaching! If your child is transferring between phases of education, then the statutory deadline by when your local authority …

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Getting Help with EHCPs: Be Careful Out There!
Columnists, Education Health and Care Plan

Getting Help with EHCPs: Be Careful Out There!

By Matt Keer January 23, 2019 March 26, 2020

Just before Christmas, we took a look at some of the latest figures to come out of the Special Educational Needs & Disability Tribunal (SENDIST). Those figures shone light on …

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Matching needs with provision to make a dog’s doodah EHCP (Part 2)
Columnists, Education Health and Care Plan, special needs

Matching needs with provision to make a dog’s doodah EHCP (Part 2)

By Zoe Thompson June 22, 2018 June 22, 2018

This is the follow up post about the dog’s breakfast EHCPs produced by Oldham. In part one, I outlined what’s wrong with Oldham’s EHCPs, its autism SEND provision and why. …

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Taking a stand against the dog’s breakfast EHCPs of Oldham (part 1)
Columnists, Education Health and Care Plan, special needs

Taking a stand against the dog’s breakfast EHCPs of Oldham (part 1)

By Zoe Thompson June 20, 2018 June 18, 2018

I’ve seen a fair few EHC Plans now – those of the pupils at Bright Futures School (BFS), those of children whose parents are seeking a place for them at BFS, …

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Ten top tips to get a ‘good’ Education, Health and Care Plan for your child
Columnists, Education Health and Care Plan, special needs

Ten top tips to get a ‘good’ Education, Health and Care Plan for your child

By Hayley Mason June 18, 2018 June 17, 2018

  Many of you will have seen Nadhim Zahawi MP – the current Children and Families Minister, talking on BBC Breakfast a couple of months ago about how the SEND …

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EHCPs in 2018: Are we ‘bedded in’ yet?
Columnists, Education Health and Care Plan, special needs

EHCPs in 2018: Are we ‘bedded in’ yet?

By Matt Keer May 25, 2018 March 26, 2020

It’s the second May Bank Holiday – and for sad people like me, that means a special treat. Because that’s when the Department for Education (DfE) unloads its annual statistical …

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One parent’s seven steps to success for her autistic son’s EHCP
Education Health and Care Plan, Guest Posts, SENCo, special needs

One parent’s seven steps to success for her autistic son’s EHCP

By Tania Tirraoro March 9, 2018 August 20, 2020

We have another useful post for you today. Many parents find it difficult to navigate the SEND system and we hope that this site can help. One parent, Fiona Jones, …

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The DfE replies: EHCP issues
Education Health and Care Plan, SEN Transport, SEND funding

The DfE replies: EHCP issues

By Tania Tirraoro February 21, 2018 March 14, 2018

Today is the second instalment of your answers to the questions you put to the Department for Education last year. Yesterday, we brought you their replies to questions about SEND …

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Refused an EHC assessment or unhappy with the plan? Read our next steps
Columnists, Education Health and Care Plan, special needs

Refused an EHC assessment or unhappy with the plan? Read our next steps

By Hayley Mason February 12, 2018 February 27, 2018

“The Local Authority refused to assess my child for an EHC Needs Assessment,” “I have an unacceptable EHC Plan”and “The Local Authority has taken away the provision my son receives” …

Read more"Refused an EHC assessment or unhappy with the plan? Read our next steps"
Nancy’s tips for writing an EHCP parental statement
Columnists, Education Health and Care Plan, special needs

Nancy’s tips for writing an EHCP parental statement

By Nancy Gedge January 22, 2018 January 18, 2018

One of the things I get asked regularly, in my capacity of mother of an older child with Down’s syndrome, is how to write the parental statement part of the …

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Zombie Statements: Councils to miss legal EHCP transfer deadline for thousands of children
Education Health and Care Plan, special needs

Zombie Statements: Councils to miss legal EHCP transfer deadline for thousands of children

By Matt Keer January 16, 2018 January 16, 2018

After a turbulent 2017, we’re all hoping for better things for the world of SEND this year. But however things pan out, 2018 should be a milestone year for one …

Read more"Zombie Statements: Councils to miss legal EHCP transfer deadline for thousands of children"
NHS liaison: The Designated Clinical /Medical Officer for SEND
Education Health and Care Plan, Guest Posts, Health, special needs

NHS liaison: The Designated Clinical /Medical Officer for SEND

By Tania Tirraoro November 23, 2017 November 21, 2017

As some of you may know, I have been doing my bit to help improve local SEND where I live in Surrey – right now I’m running their new Local …

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Hayley’s EHCP Save-Our-Sanity SOS plan
Columnists, Education Health and Care Plan, TopTips

Hayley’s EHCP Save-Our-Sanity SOS plan

By Hayley Goleniowska July 12, 2017 June 30, 2017

It seems that at every milestone and crossroads in your child’s life, your pride, relief and excitement at their achievements is met with an equal measure of stress and worry. …

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Who’s writing your child’s  EHCP? Your outsourcing questions answered
Education Health and Care Plan, special needs

Who’s writing your child’s EHCP? Your outsourcing questions answered

By Matt Keer April 26, 2017 April 21, 2017

About six months ago, SNJ began looking into something that local authorities have become increasingly keen on – outsourcing the producing of draft Education, Health & Care Plans (EHCPs) to …

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Explaining the Annual Review for a child with an Education, Health and Care Plan
Education Health and Care Plan, special needs

Explaining the Annual Review for a child with an Education, Health and Care Plan

By Bren Prendergast March 24, 2017 October 31, 2018

Although Statements of special educational needs have been around since 1981, for many parents, the Annual Review (AR) remains a bit of a mystery, even for those of us who …

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Draft Plans and Working Documents in an EHCP
Columnists, Education Health and Care Plan, SENCo, special needs, TopTips

Draft Plans and Working Documents in an EHCP

By Bren Prendergast November 11, 2016 August 20, 2020

Working Documents (WD) and draft EHC plans are quite similar, although with a draft plan you can negotiate on all of it whereas a WD only (currently) relates to sections …

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