What is the difference between a Personal Budget and Direct Payment? A Personal Budget is an amount of money agreed with the local authority to deliver the education, health and/or social care provision in an Education, Health and Care Plan (EHCP) when the...
Ahead of World Autism Acceptance Month (April 2026), it is a good opportunity to highlight the importance of how a good Education, Health and Care Plan (EHCP) can really make a difference for a child or young person with autism. What is autism? ...
Evidence from an educational psychologist (EP) is the cornerstone for an Education Health and Care Plan (EHCP). Why educational psychologist evidence is essential for an EHCP An educational psychologist's primary role is to help clarify and...
Quite often parents are put off applying for an EHCP following a diagnosis of dyslexia , or a specific learning difficulty, based on the notion that their special educational needs can be provided for under available school SEN budgets. It's...
EHCPs are meant to detail, amongst other things, the special educational provision to be delivered to a child or young person included in Section F. We often see EHCPs that also have reference to funding/bands, and sometimes instead of clear special...
In the Education Team at Boyes Turner, we see a lot of Education, Health and Care Plans (EHCPs) which require the special educational needs (Section B) and special educational provision (Section F) to be updated and improved. Whilst Section F provision is...
Parents/young people can request mediation if they are unhappy with the social and/or health care elements of an Education, Health and Care Plan (EHCP). If the parent/young person is also disputing the education element of the plan, there should be a single...
Parents/young people must have a mediation certificate before they can register an appeal about EHC needs assessments or the SEN element of an Education, Health and Care Plan (EHCP). There is no requirement to consider mediation or to have a mediation...
Pupils with an EHCP are not subject to the usual admissions process for school/college places. Instead, parents can request the placement they feel would best support their child/young person’s needs. Where can I find out about schools/colleges in my...
Annual Reviews Local authorities (LAs) must review EHCPs at least once every twelve months, and should review every six months for a child under 5 years. The process and timescales for EHCP annual reviews are outlined in the SEND Regulations 2014. In...
