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Education, health and care (EHC) plans

Last reviewed on 18 February 2021
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  1. What’s an EHC plan?
  2. Governors' role
  3. What does an EHC plan cover?
  4. How do pupils get an EHC plan and how is it reviewed?
  5. Before the EHC plan: special educational provision in school
  6. Requesting an EHC needs assessment
  7. The local authority (LA) decides whether to carry out an assessment, and if so, whether a plan is needed
  8. Creating an EHC plan
  9. The LA will review the EHC plan annually to make sure it's still relevant
  10. The LA must conduct a re-assessment if requested
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