If your child has an Education, Health and Care Plan (EHCP) and attends a mainstream school, the school will tell our special educational needs (SEN) and Elective Home Education (EHE) teams that you wish to withdraw your child from the school. Your child’s EHCP will be updated and reviewed annually.

If your child has an EHCP and currently attends an alternative provider/specialist provision, you must let the provider know and discuss your decision to home educate your child with them.

Your child should still attend school until you have spoken to the SEN team and they have agreed to your plan. Your child’s specialist education provider will tell our special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) and the EHE teams that you wish to withdraw your child from the setting.

The SEND team will:

• contact you to find out about your intentions and discuss how your education plan meets your child’s needs
• review and update the EHCP annually