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Children and Families Act 2014

Section 44: Reviews and re-assessments

239.This section requires local authorities to review a child or young person’s EHC plan at least every 12 months. It also sets out when re-assessments must take place. A review is intended to consider whether the provision in the EHC plan is meeting the child or young person’s assessed needs and whether they are making progress towards the outcomes identified. A re-assessment means undertaking the assessment process in section 36 again, for example when a child or young person’s needs may have changed significantly. Local authorities must consult with the parent of the child, or the young person, during any review or re-assessment to ensure they are involved in the process from the outset and their views are taken into account.

240.The local authority must carry out a re-assessment if one is requested by the child’s parent, the young person or the school, college or other institution that they attend, subject to particular exemptions to be set out in regulations (which might include for example where a previous assessment has been conducted relatively recently). The local authority also has the power to carry out a re-assessment without waiting for one to be requested by a parent or school.

241.In reviewing an EHC plan maintained for a young person aged 19 or over, or deciding whether to reassess their needs the local authority must have regard to whether the educational or training outcomes specified in the plan have been achieved. Many young people will have completed their education and made a successful transition to adulthood before 25. However an EHC plan can remain in place for those who need longer to complete or consolidate their learning to enable them to make a successful transition to adulthood.

242.More detail about the process for reviewing, amending or replacing EHC plans will be provided in regulations including circumstances in which a local authority must or may review an EHC plan (for example, before the end of a specified phase of a child or young person’s education, or when a young person becomes NEET, that is, they are not in education, employment or training).

243.This section replaces, in England, section 323 of the Education Act 1996.

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