If you’re a parent/carer whose child has recently been referred to the Education, Health and Care (EHC) Pathway were a decision has been made to either:

  • Not to proceed with an assessment following the decision made at a multi-agency EHC panel
  • Not to proceed with issuing an EHC Plan following an EHC assessment

We would appreciate and value your feedback regarding your experience of the process.

Wigan Special Educational Needs and Disability (SEND) team are committed to strengthening our practices and any feedback you provide will be used to improve future practices to benefit other families, children and young people who access our EHC pathway.

Please complete the following short questionnaire that we have devised to help us evaluate key areas of practice and return it to

Alternatively you can post it to:

Special Educational Needs and Disability Team

People Directorate: Children and Families

Wigan Council

P O Box 100

Wigan

WN1 3DS

If you would like any assistance to complete the questionnaire, please contact Wendy Froggatt (EHC Key Working Coordinator, SEND Team) on 01942 827361 or Laura Rimmer (SENDIASS Coordinator, Embrace) on 01942 233323

1.What is your child or young person’s name? (optional)

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2.Who requested an EHCP assessment for your child or young person?

School Parent/Carer Other (Please specify below)

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3.Do you feel that you were fully informed of the reasons outlined by the Local Authority for not initiating an EHC assessment/issuing an EHC Plan and how the decision was made? (please tick the applicable box below and provide additional comments in the box provided)

Yes No

4.Do you understand why the Local Authority had decided not to initiate an EHC assessment/issue an EHC Plan and do you agree with the decision made following the reasons provided? (please tick more than one box)

Yes – I understand No – I don’t understand Yes – I agree No – I don’t agree

5.Do you feel that clear recommendations were made following the decision not to initiate an EHC assessment/issue an EHC Plan and is it clear who will fulfil these?

Yes No

6.Did you feel supported by the SEND team following the decision not to initiate an EHC assessment/issue an EHC Plan? (e.g. via a follow up phone call and letter, meeting if necessary)

Yes No

7.Did you feel supported by your child or young person’s school following the decision not to initiate an EHC assessment/issue an EHC Plan?

Yes No

8.Do you feel that your views were taken into consideration as part of the EHC referral/request and following the decision not to initiate an EHC assessment/issue an EHC Plan?

Yes No

9.Were you signposted to other services for support e.g. Special Educational Needs and Disability Independent Advice Support Service (SENDIASS), mediation etc if you were unhappy with the decision not to initiate an EHC assessment/issue an EHC Plan?

Yes No

Additional comments (please use this box for anything not covered in your above answers)

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