SEND IASS - Education Health and Care Plans (EHCP) factsheet

The local authority must review the EHCP at least once every 12 months. This must be done in partnership with you and your child or the young person, and must take account of your views, wishes and feelings.

The local authority must decide whether to keep the plan as it is, make changes, or cease to maintain it within four weeks of the review meeting. You have a right of appeal the local authority's decision.

For some young people an EHCP will continue until they are 25. However, the plan will stop if the young person:

• goes to University
• gets a job and does not remain in education
• tells their local authority they no longer want their EHC plan
• no longer needs special help and the local authority decides that the EHC plan should cease