EHC Plan

When a child is not making expected progress, despite SEN Support, parents should consider an EHC plan.

What is an EHC plan?
An EHC plan is a legal document that describes a child or young person’s special educational, health and social care needs and provision. An EHC plan should be focused on the outcomes a child is expected to achieve.

Reviewing the plan
The plan must be reviewed at least once a year and this is a chance for everyone involved in supporting a child to check how well they are progressing and whether anything needs to be changed. At the end of the review the local authority may make changes to the plan, end it or leave it unchanged. An EHC plan runs from birth to age twenty five or the local authority decides that a child no longer needs the plan to help them in their education.