Education Health and Care (EHC) Plan Assessments - Find a freedom of information request

1. For each of the academic years 2017/18 and 2018/19

Initial requests:

a. The number of initial requests for an assessment for an Education Health and Care (EHC) plan

b. The number of requests for assessment the authority agreed to assess and the number that were refused.

c. In cases where the initial request for assessment was refused, how many were agreed at a later date following mediation or appeal?

d. How many applications for assessment were refused two or more times before they were agreed at a later date following mediation or appeal?”

Assessments:

e. How many EHC plans were approved following assessment and how many were denied

f. Of the EHC plans denied, how many were successfully appealed and how many were denied

g. How many EHC plans were deemed not necessary (following assessment) two or more times before they were agreed at a later date following mediation or appeal?”

1. For each of the academic years 2017/18 and 2018/19

Initial requests:

a. The number of initial requests for an assessment for an Education Health and Care (EHC) plan

• 2017/18:   932
• 2018/19:   1129

b. The number of requests for assessment the authority agreed to assess and the number that were refused.

• Agreed to assess:

2017/18:           658

2018/19:         1007

• Refused to assess:

2017/18:         211

2018/19:           76

c. In cases where the initial request for assessment was refused, how many were agreed at a later date following mediation or appeal?

• Following mediation:

2017/18:         12         

2018/19:           3          

• Following appeal:

2017/18:         15

2018/19:           4

d. How many applications for assessment were refused two or more times before they were agreed at a later date following mediation or appeal?”

• Following mediation:

2017/18:         0            

2018/19:         0            

• Following appeal:

2017/18:         0            

2018/19:         0

Assessments:

e. How many EHC plans were approved following assessment and how many were denied

• Agreed:

2017/18:         608

2018/19:         864

• Refused:

2017/18:           46

2018/19:           83

f. Of the EHC plans denied, how many were successfully appealed and how many were denied

2017/18:

Total: 8

Conceded: 3

Upheld following hearing: 1

            Partially upheld: 1

            Dismissed: 2

            Withdrawn by parents: 1                              

2018/19:

                                           Total: 15

Conceded: 10

            Withdrawn by parents: 2

            On-going: 3

g. How many EHC plans were deemed not necessary (following assessment) two or more times before they were agreed at a later date following mediation or appeal?”

• Following mediation:

2017/18:         0            

2018/19:         0            

• Following appeal:

2017/18:         0                           

2018/19:         0