Education, Health and Care Plans (EHCP) and Assessments (including Annual Reviews)

Education, Health and Care (EHC) assessment criteria

Every child and young person has unique strengths and unique needs. To help families begin the process of creating an Education Health Care plan for their child, West Berkshire Council have created  criteria for starting an Education, Health and Care assessment [246KB] . 

If the child or young person doesn't fit these criteria, the West Berkshire Education Health Care (EHC) Panel will use their judgement, knowledge, experience, and the evidence included in the child's referral to decide if an Education, Health and Care Assessment is required. The EHC panel is made up of SEN Team staff, educational psychologists, staff from Learning Support Services, the Headteacher, and might include partners from Health and Social.

Education, Health and Care Assessment process

We've created a flow chart that shows the Education, Health and Care assessment process from the point at which an assessment is requested.

View or download the EHC process flow chart​​​​​​​ [465KB] .

Forms and documents

Below we have listed the referral form and other documents needed when completing an Education, Health and Care assessment:

• EHC Assessment Request Form [412KB]
• Education Health Care Plan (EHCP) Format (template document) [670KB]
• EHC consent to share form [69KB]
• EHC New request form - we want to tell you [244KB]
• EHC New request form - I want to tell you [275KB]
• EHC Practitioners report template [261KB]

Annual review documents

The documents below are to be used for completing annual EHC reviews:

• Pre-annual review report - school [85KB]
• Pre-annual review: pre-year 9 pupil views - 'this is me' [240KB]
• Pre-annual review: pre-year 9 parents views - 'we want to tell you' [280KB]
• Pre-annual review: post-year 9 pupil views - 'I want to tell you' [253KB]
• Pre-annual review: post-year 9 parent views - 'we want to tell you' [281KB]
• Summary of annual review meeting [85KB]
   

Videos

The YouTube videos below were created by the Council for Disabled Children. The first video explains the 'person centred planning' involved in creating an EHC plan. The second video explains the annual review process.