Making your education health and care plan
On this page you can find out about what an EHC plan should include, how we prepare a plan and how we review it.
What an EHC plan must include
- your child's views and hopes
- your child's special educational needs, the special educational services to meet those needs
- the name or type of early education, school or college needed
- your child's health needs and the health services to meet those needs
- your child's care needs and the care services to meet those needs outcomes (or goals).
- personal budgets, including direct payments
- support available to help manage personal budgets.
- all the information collected during the assessment
- information about how to appeal.
How we put an EHC plan together
- the needs of the child or young person based upon professional reports
- the distance and cost of travel
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the responsible management of public money.
The EHC plan meetings
- you and your child
(and a friend or relative if you wish)
- the facilitator, who will help you prepare for the meeting
- the EHC co-ordinator
- education, health and care professionals if needed
- any other person you or we think should be there.
The co-ordinator writes up the plan and there is another plan meeting to agree it.
Review of your child’s EHC plan
At least once a year there will be a meeting to talk about your child's progress and his or her EHC plan. This is called a review. At the meeting, we will:- check that your child is making progress
- set targets for the coming year
- check to see if he or she still needs the same plan or whether it should be changed.
Who goes to the review meeting
- you (you can also bring along a friend or relative)
- your child
- a teacher who knows your child well
- someone from the council
- any other professional who is involved with your child.
What happens at the review meeting
- what progress you think your child has made in the past year
- whether there are any major changes that may or have affected your child's progress
- what you hope your child will achieve in the coming year.
What happens after the review
- any targets for the next year
- any changes to the statement
- whether the EHC plan should continue.
Changing school
Will my child always need a plan?
Where to get advice if your child has special educational needs
You can also get advice from:
What to do if you’re unhappy with our decisions
Related documents
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Sample education, health and care plan - post 14 Word Document, 2.12 MB
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Sample education, health and care plan - under 14 Word Document, 1.78 MB
Contact us
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0-25 Special Educational Needs and Disability (SEN) Service
London Borough of Newham Newham Dockside 1000 Dockside Road
London
E16 2QU
020 8430 2000