Education, Health and Care Plan
Brian O'Connell
Age 20 Post-16 (16–25) Transition
Sections A–I
Timeline
Every statutory date on one page
You are reading as
Brian
The child's voice
You see 7 of 9 sections. A and E are written for you. C and D are held back — the plan says why, and they are yours to ask for.
- A
- B
- C
- D
- E
- F
- G
- H
- I
The statutory clock
Statutory Clock
The Children and Families Act 2014 and the Special Educational Needs and Disability Regulations 2014 set one clock, counted from the request: 6 weeks to decide whether to assess, 16 weeks to say whether a plan will be issued, and 20 weeks to the FINAL plan. The draft has no separate deadline. Every window is tracked and every deadline is alerted before it lapses. The system warns — not the chairman.
Overall progress Past the 20 weeks · plan in force 9 years
wk 6wk 16wk 20today
- Decide whether to assess
- Decide whether to issue a plan
- Final plan issued
Every window, counted from the request
Decision to issue a plan
metFINAL plan issued
metWhen a deadline is missed
Miss the statutory window and the case is remediable by mandamus. The system auto-warns the moment a deadline lapses — not when someone remembers to check. The local authority must record the reason. Every missed window is visible on the CYP's dashboard and the chairman's board. The clock is a promise to the CYP that this process has an end.