Final EHC plan

Once the time for comments on the draft has passed, the council Local authority Your local council. In England, Wales and Scotland, this is the body you ask to assess what extra help your child needs. Read the full definition of Local authority issues the final EHC plan. The law says the whole process, from the request for an assessment to the final plan, must normally take no more than 20 weeks 20 week timescale The legal time limit in England for the whole EHC plan process. It runs from your request for an assessment to the final plan: 20 weeks in all. Read the full definition of 20 week timescale .

The final plan is the legally binding one: the council must arrange 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 , and the school named in Section I Section I of an EHC plan The part of an EHC plan that names the school, or type of school, your child will go to. A school named here must admit your child. Read the full definition of Section I of an EHC plan must admit your child.

Issuing the final plan also starts your right of appeal Appeal A formal challenge to the SEND Tribunal about a council's EHC decision. It is free to bring, and you do not need a lawyer. Read the full definition of Appeal . If you disagree with the needs, the support or the school it names, you can challenge it. There are time limits, so it helps to start soon rather than later, and SENDIASS SENDIASS A free advice service for parents in every council area in England. Its advisers are on no one's side, and they help you work out what to do next. Read the full definition of SENDIASS can help for free.