Annual reviews for education health and care plans
If your child or young person has an education, health and care (EHC) plan, it must be reviewed at least every 12 months.
This process is called the annual review and schools should arrange this. If a child or young person does not attend a school or other institution the local authority will arrange the review.
The main purpose of the review is to assess the child or young person's progress towards achieving the outcomes specified in the EHCP.
Reviews must take into account the views, wishes and feelings of children, young people and parents.
If you, the school or the local authority believe there is an urgent need for a change to your child/ young person’s EHC plan a review can be requested at any time. These may be called interim or emergency reviews
Reasons to ask for an emergency review could be.
Your child/young person’s education, health or social care needs have changed and are no longer accurately described in the EHC plan.
The education, health or social care provision in the EHC plan is no longer meeting your child/young person’s needs.
It is always useful to talk to school about your concerns or speak to the SEND team before an emergency review is requested.
Contact the school or your area SEND Team if you need to call a review.