Who can make an EHC Needs Assessment Request?
Requests for assessments are usually made by the educational setting. Young people over 16 or parents or professionals can also make a EHCP request.
Sometimes Needs assessments lead to EHCP but not always, when it does not the information is used to help support or child or young person.
What to expect when making a Request
The 20-week process starts when the Statutory SEND service receive a request.
The decision to start an EHC Needs Assessment is made by the Statutory SEND panel. This is a professional panel.
The Statutory SEND Casework Officer informs the young person and/or their parents/carers of the panel’s decision. This is within 6 weeks. If the decision is not to go ahead with an EHC Needs Assessment, the Statutory SEND Casework Officer will explain why. You will also receive a letter. This information is also sent to the child or young person’s main educational setting.
Request a Statutory EHC Needs Assessment
Educational Settings
Educational settings can request an EHC Statutory Assessment using the form below. We also need relevant up to date evidence.
Request an Education Health and Care Needs Assessment
The young person, their parent/carers and other people who know the child or young person
When a young person and/or their parent/carers want to request an assessment, they do so in partnership with an educational setting. For example through discussion with the setting's Special Educational Needs and Disability Coordinator (SENDCO).
You can do it without a setting, in some cases. You don't have to complete the form. To make a request, email the Statutory SEND Service, statutorysen@cornwall.gov.uk. You will need to give reasons why they think an EHC Needs Assessment is necessary.
Guidance for Requesting a Statutory Assessment
- Cornwall's Education, Health and Care (EHC) Needs Assessment 20 week process
- Guide to the Education Health and Care Needs assessment process
- Guidelines for educational settings completing Statutory Educational Health Care Needs documentation
Visit our Assess, Plan, Do, Review Cycle page for information about how to evidence individual's progress with SEND Support.
