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Click the links provided below to download and make changes to our template letters to fit your situation. You should read the relevant section of our website about each topic first to ensure you understand how and when to use these letters. If you are making a complaint, make sure you follow the local authority or school’s complaints procedure, which might mean you have t...

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This page explains what you can do if your child does not have a school place. If your child or young person has recently moved to a new LA with an EHC plan and cannot attend the school in your previous LA as a result yet have not yet been given a new school place, please refer to the information here instead. You need to raise this issue with your LA. Our template letter (22c) ...

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When a child or young person with an EHC plan moves into a different local authority’s area in England, the EHC plan will need to transfer to the new local authority (LA). The legal requirement for the new LA to start making the provision in the EHC plan is set out in regulation 15 of The Special Educational Needs and Disability Regulations 2014. There is also guidance for...

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CLICK TO DOWNLOAD: Asking the LA to arrange attendance at an appropriate school following a move to a new LA (template letter 26) This template letter is for general advice purposes and will need to be tailored to your own individual circumstances. Please read all of the information on this page and, if possible, we recommend you take advice on using these letters. How soon sho...

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Case overview This case looked at what it means for a child or young person to be ‘in the LA’s area’, when EHC plans can cease (stop) and how LAs must carry out lawful decision-making processes. Let’s look at some of the legal points first. If Then a child or young person is in an LA’s area and has been: identified by the LA as someone who h...

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