Education, Health and Care Plans
Education, Health and Care Plans, (or EHCPs for short) are for children and young people who have special educational needs (SEN) or a disability that cannot be met by the support that is usually available in your school or college.
All mainstream schools are provided with resources to support children and young people with SEND and the needs of most children and young people will be met through their school or colleges existing resources. Some children and young people will receive extra support and their progress will be assessed and reviewed at what is known as SEN Support level.
If you are getting help at SEN Support level and you are not making the progress expected, you can ask for a formal assessment called an Education, Health and Care needs assessment (EHCNA). Your parent carers or your education setting can request this, or you can request it yourself if you are aged between 16 to 25 and in education, or if you are under 19 and in a youth custodial establishment.
Find out about applying for an Education Health and Care Needs Assessment.
If you have an EHCP it will be reviewed at least once a year. This is called an Annual Review. After you've had your annual review we would appreciate your feedback through our Annual Review Survey.