Section B of an EHC plan

The part of an EHC plan that lists every one of your child's special educational needs. If a need is not written here, the plan does not have to meet it.

Applies in England

An EHC plan EHCP A legal document, used in England, that sets out a child's needs and the support they must get. It is for children who need more help than their school can give on its own. Read the full definition of EHCP is split into lettered sections, and Section B is the list of your child's special educational needs SEND SEND is England's word for children who need extra help to learn. The rest of the UK uses other words, and other rules. Read the full definition of SEND . The regulations require the plan to set them out.

Here is the rule that matters: the support in Section F Section F of an EHC plan The part of an EHC plan that sets out the support your child must get. It is the part the council is legally required to provide. Read the full definition of Section F of an EHC plan is attached to the needs in Section B. A need that is missing from Section B can end up with no support attached to it at all, so check this section line by line when the draft arrives.

If an assessment report Assessment report The written report you get at the end of an assessment. You are entitled to your own copy, and you can ask for factual mistakes to be put right. Read the full definition of Assessment report describes a need, it belongs in Section B, even one the school says it is already managing. Described in an appendix is not the same as listed in Section B.

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