Draft EHC plan

When the council Local authority Your local council. In England, Wales and Scotland, this is the body you ask to assess what extra help your child needs. Read the full definition of Local authority agrees to make an EHC plan EHCP A legal document, used in England, that sets out a child's needs and the support they must get. It is for children who need more help than their school can give on its own. Read the full definition of EHCP , it sends you a draft first. The law says you must get at least 15 days to make comments, and in that time you can also ask for a particular school or other setting to be named in the plan.

The draft comes with the school section left open, because your view on the school comes first. This is the single best moment to check the plan carefully: is every need written into Section B Section B of an EHC plan The part of an EHC plan that lists every one of your child's special educational needs. If a need is not written here, the plan does not have to meet it. Read the full definition of Section B of an EHC plan , and is the support in Section F Section F of an EHC plan The part of an EHC plan that sets out the support your child must get. It is the part the council is legally required to provide. Read the full definition of Section F of an EHC plan specific enough that you could tell whether it is actually happening?

You can ask for changes, and you can ask for a meeting to talk them through. Free services like SENDIASS SENDIASS A free advice service for parents in every council area in England. Its advisers are on no one's side, and they help you work out what to do next. Read the full definition of SENDIASS can help you respond within the time limit.