Education, Health & Care Plan for
«Child_Forename1»
«Child_Surname»
EHC Plan Ref No:
Date of Issue of First EHC Plan:
Amended with effect from:
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Understanding the Content of EHC Plans
Section label / What the section must includeSECTION A / The views, interests and aspirations of the child and his or her parents or the young person.
SECTION B / The child or young person’s special educational needs.
SECTION C / The child or young person’s health needs which are related to their SEN.
SECTION D / The child or young person’s social care needs which are related to their SEN.
SECTION E / The outcomes sought for the child or the young person, including outcomes for adult life. The EHC plan should identify the arrangements for the setting of shorter term targets by the early years provider, school, college or other education or training provider.
SECTION F / The special educational provision required by the child or the young person.
SECTION G / Any health provision reasonably required by the learning difficulties or disabilities which result in the child or young person having SEN, and where an Individual Health Care Plan is made for them, that plan.
SECTION H1 / Any social care provision which must be made for a child or young person under 18 resulting from section 2 of the Chronically Sick and Disabled Persons Act 1970.
SECTION H2 / Any other social care provision reasonably required by the learning difficulties or disabilities which result in the child or young person having SEN. This will include any adult social care provision being provided to meet a young person’s eligible needs (through a statutory care and support plan) under the Care Act 2014.
SECTION I / The name and type of the school, maintained nursery school, post-16 institution or other institution to be attended by the child or young person and the type of that institution (or, where the name of a school or other institution is not specified in the EHC plan, the type of school or other institution to be attended by the child or young person).
SECTION J / Where there is a Personal Budget, the details of how the personal budget will support particular outcomes, the provision it will be used for including any flexibility in its usage and the arrangement forany direct payments for education, health and social care.
SECTION K / The advice and information gathered during the EHC needs assessment must be attached (in appendices). There should be a list of this advice and information.
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Child/Young Person’s Information
Surname: / «Child_Surname» / Forename (s): / «Child_Forename1»«Child_Forename2»Date of birth: / «ChildDOB» / Gender: / «Gender»
Home address:
(Including postcode) / «Child_Add1»«Child_Add2»«Child_Add3»«Child_Add4»«Child_Add4»«Child_Add5»«Child_Add6»«Child_PCode»
Home language: / Religion:
Legal Status:
(if applicable)
Social Care Number: / «Child_Legal_Status» / NHS Number:
Child/Young Person’s Parent/Carer Information
Surname: / «Parent_Sname» / Title and Forename (s): / «Parent_Title»«Parent_Fname»Relationship to child: / Parental Responsibility: / Yes / No
Home address:
(Including postcode) / «ParentAddr1»«ParentAddr2»«ParentAddr3»«ParentAddr4»«ParentAddr5»«ParentAddr6»«ParentPcode»
Home telephone number: / «ParentTel» / Work telephone number:
Mobile telephone number: / «ParentMobile» / Email address: / «ParentEmail»
Child/Young Person’s Education Information
Current Educational Setting: / «School» / Start date:Address:
(Including postcode) / «School_Addr1»«School_Addr2»«School_Addr3»«School_Addr4»«School_Addr5»«School_Addr6»«School_Pcode»
Type of School: / Unique pupil number: / «Child_UPN»
Child/Young Person’s Primary Area of Special Educational Need
Primary special education need: / «PrimaryNeedCat»Additional special education need:
Diagnosis:*
* Confirming evidence - Please see Section K Advice and information
Section A –…………..’s and his/her parent/carer’s views, interests and aspirations
All about me
Child or young person’s story so far ………….Child or young person’s perspective:
(supported by ………….. ) (if unable to complete independently)
(Can use following suggested prompts eg delete, add or amend as appropriate)(Visuals and/or other methods of recording can also be used)
People and things that are important to me:
What I am good at or like doing either in and out of school:
Things that are helping me:
Things I need more help with either in/out of school:
People talking to me need to remember that:
My hopes now and for the future(for year 9+ ensure this includes summary of views/planning re post-16 and preparing for adulthood):
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Parent / Carer Views and Aspirations
What is going well in school and/or at home:What is not going well in school and/or at home:
What are your hopes and aspirations for …….. in the short-term?
What are your hopes and aspirations for ……… in the long term?
Context and background1-2 paragraphs, max)
Section B ……………..’s Special Educational Needs
(Good practice to sort sections in accordance with main need and identify relative strengths as appropriate)
- Communication and interaction
- Cognition and learning
- Social, emotional and mental health difficulties
- Sensory and Physical(including medical)
Section C: …………..’s health needs which relate to his/her special educational needs
State clearly if there are no health needs identified
Gives information from the CCG about any other health care needs not related to the SEN.
Any needs identified need to have provision matched in Section G.
Section D: ………..’s social care needs which relate to his/her special educational needs
State clearly if there are no social care needs identified
State any social care needs identified through the EHC needs assessment which relate to the SEN or require provision for a CYP under 18 under section 2 of the Chronically Sick and Disabled Person’s Act 1970.
Gives other social care needs (specified by the LA) not linked to CYP’s SEN (must have parent consent for this to be included).
Any needs identified need to have provision matched in Sections H1 or H2
Circle of Support
Please complete to show current multi-agency/integrated services involvement, as well as family members/friends etc. Parents of/C and YP with SEN only, without Health or Social Care involvement, can choose whether they wish the Circle of Support to be included. If parents/CYP do not complete the Circle of Support and/or do not consider it to be relevant, please delete. APO to ensure parents/CYP is informed if the proposal is to delete it.
Sections E and F: Special educational need outcomes and the provision required by ……………….. to achieve identified outcomes
A range of outcomes over varying timescales, covering education, health and care as appropriate.
Provision must be specified for each and every need specified in section B. It should be clear how the provision will support achievement of the outcomes. At the same time there should not be any outcomes/provision included that have not got a corresponding need in section B.
(Amend sections to add or reduce numbers of outcomes as appropriate and provision can meet more than one outcome as per example in C&I below)
Outcomes must be SMART and include when the outcome will be achieved, how it will be achieved and who/which service (eg Education/SALT/Health/social care etc – not named person) will provide the provision eg
By the time I am… / I am able to maintain…I am able to do… / This will look like…
When I am in year 11 / I will be able to / Read and understand Harry Potter, and similar stories.
Communication and Interaction
Outcome:
Provision to support this outcome:
Cognition and Learning
Outcome:
Provision to support this outcome:
Social Emotional and Mental Health
Outcome:
Provision to support this outcome:
Sensory and Physical
Outcome:
Provision to support this outcome:
Section G: Any health provision reasonably required by the learning difficulties and disabilities which result in …………. having SEN
Provision should be detailed and specific and should normally be quantified, for example, in terms of the type of support and who will provide it.
It should be clear how the provision will support achievement of the outcomes, including the health needs to be met and the outcomes to be achieved through provision secured through a personal (health) budget.
Health provision / By whom (and funding source where appropriate)Section H1: Any social care provision which must be made for a child or young person under 18 resulting from section 2 of the Chronically Sick and Disabled Persons Act 1970
Provision should be detailed and specific and should normally be quantified, for example, in terms of the type of support and who will provide it (including where this is to be secured through a social care direct payment). It should be clear how the provision will support achievement of the outcomes, including any provision secured through a Personal Budget. There should be clarity as to how advice and information gathered has informed the provision specified. Must specify all services assessed as being needed for a disabled child or young person under 18, under section 2 of the SCDPA.
Social Care provision / By whom (and funding source where appropriate)Section H2: Any other social care provision reasonably required by the learning difficulties and disabilities of ………….. having SEN
Social care provision reasonably required may include provision identified through early help and children in need assessments and safeguarding assessments for children. Must only include services which are not provided under Section 2 of the CSDPA. For children and young people under 18 this includes residential short breaks and services provided to children arising from the SEN but unrelated to a disability. This should include any provision secured through a social care direct payment.
Other Social Care provision / By whom (and funding source where appropriate)Leave this blank at proposed/proposed amended stage
The cost of ……. ’s support isEducation / 6000 (Element 2 of school notional SEN budget)
…….(Element 3 - top up funding)
Social Care
Health
Total / £
Section I- Placement
Leave this blank at proposed/proposed amended stage
Placement Name / Type of PlacementSection J- Personal Budget(including arrangements for direct payments)
This section should provide detailed information on any PB that will be used to secure provision in the EHC plan. It should set out the arrangements in relation to direct payments as required by education, health and social care regulations. The special educational needs and outcomes that are to be met by any direct payment must be specified.
Do ……….. and/or his/her parents want to take a personal budget for his/her support?Yes / No
Area / Personal Budget Allocation
Notional/notional & Direct payment/ Direct payment / Direct payment Value(specify per week/per annum etc) / To meet outcome
Education
Health
Social Care
Other (eg transport)
Total
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Section K- Advice and information
Appendix K1(number these to correlate with AR paperwork numbers?) / Child/Young Person and Parental advice / (name) / Dated:Appendix K2 / Educational Advice / (name) / Dated:
Appendix K3 / Medical Advice / (name) / Dated:
Appendix K4 / Psychological Advice / (name) / Dated:
AppendixK5 / Social Services Advice / (name) / Dated:
Appendix K6 / Advice from others / (name) / Dated:
Monitoring Arrangements:
Arrangements for monitoring and reviewing ……’s EHC PlanThe first review of ………..’s EHC Plan will take place within 12 months of the date of the issue of the EHC Plan and will be held at the school, or alternative mutually agreed venue. Subsequent reviews must be held within 12 months of the date of the previous annual review. All people involved in the Plan will be invited to the meeting and/or send in information.
It is possible that the frequency and duration of some provision in the EHC Plan will be less than 12 months and reviews may need to be held more frequently to reflect these changes (e.g. short term objectives for health and social care provision.
Education monitoring
The pre-school/school/college is responsible for the setting, monitoring and reviewing of short-term targets to meet the educational outcomes of this Plan.
Health monitoring
The relevant Health Provider is responsible for monitoring and reviewing …….’s health provision and needs.
Social Care monitoring
The relevant social care manager is responsible for monitoring and reviewing …….’s social care provision and needs.
If there are any significant changes in …………….’s needs, Education, Health or Care services can consider calling an additional review of this Plan.
Final Plan - Signature Page
Signature…………………………………………………………………………..
Name…………………………………………………………………………..
Date……………………………….
(Name), being an authorised officer of the Authority
Stuart Gallimore, Director of Children’s Services PO Box 4, County Hall, St Anne’s Crescent, Lewes, East Sussex, BN7 1SG
Tel: 0345 6080190, Fax: 01273 481261
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