Appeals

Are you in a position where you need to appeal a decision regarding your child's EHCP? Below are the main types of EHCP appeals which EHCP 4 Kids can help you with:

1. Contents of the EHCP sections B and F appeal
This type of appeal involves challenging the contents of the EHCP. You may disagree about the specified special educational needs, the provision, or the outcomes and goals outlined in the plan. In this appeal, you would seek amendments and revisions to ensure that the plan accurately reflects your child's needs and provides suitable provision to meet their outcomes. 

2. Educational Placement Section I appeal
If you disagree with the school specified in section I of the EHCP, you can appeal this decision. This could be due to concerns about the suitability of the school named for meeting your child's needs or a preference for a different type of educational setting. 

3. Refusal to assess or issue an EHCP
If the local authority has refused to conduct a needs assessment for your child or has declined to issue an EHCP following a needs assessment, you can appeal this decision. This type of appeal challenges the local authority's decision not to assess your child's special educational needs or issue an EHCP.

4. Refusal to Amend
An annual review involves reviewing a child/young person's outcomes and provisions. Sometimes, this process may include disagreements regarding the child's progress and the provision of support, and you may want changes to be made to the plan; however, the LA feel that this is unnecessary. This will lead back to a content appeal 

5. Cease to maintain EHCP appeal 
This means that the Local Authority no longer consider the child or young person to have special educational needs that require an EHCP. 

If you are considering an EHCP appeal, EHCP 4 Kids can help. We have different packages available depending on the level of support you require. 




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I can highly recommend EHCP4kids. At a time when I was feeling like I had no where to turn, Linda at EHCP4kids was a fantastic support. Her knowledge and experience is fantastic and she was able to identify gaps in my son's EHCP application, especially from the school's report, which I hadn't previously identified. Her calm and methodical approach made it easy to provide information. Ultimately the appeal letter produced resulted in my son being granted a needs assessment without having to attend an appeal hearing.


Jo, Bristol

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Linda has been a lifeline to me. The Local Authority refused to assess my teenage daughter, Linda helped me do the appeal, and now my daughter has an EHCP for 20 hours a week for a specialist school. I honestly don’t know what I would have done without Linda’s help"


Vicky, Surrey 
Linda from EHCP4 kids was highly professional, an excellent communicator, she really knew what she was talking about and got to the nub of the issue. I liked the Zoom conversation before her report was written as I felt she could really get to know my daughter through me and I could ask any questions so I was better informed and the report was just the icing on the cake - something I could send directly to my EHCP coordinator that put across all the points I wanted made very succinctly. The fact that Linda is also the parent of an autistic child really gave her the edge - she just gets it and clearly wants to help when you really need it. Thank you Linda and if you're hesitating on using her services, don't ! Worth every penny
Lizzie, Essex
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