Explain
Re-assessment
A re-assessment is a fresh EHC needs assessment for a child or young person who already has a plan. The parent, the young person, or the school or college can ask for one. The council must then re-assess unless it assessed in the last 6 months or decides a further assessment is not necessary. It must say whether it will re-assess within 15 days of receiving the request. A refusal to re-assess can be appealed to the SEND Tribunal.
After a re-assessment, any amended or replacement plan must be sent within 14 weeks of the council telling the family it will re-assess (or of its own decision to re-assess). The draft has the same 15-day period for comments as a new plan. The plan must then be reviewed within 12 months of that plan being sent. A decision after a re-assessment not to amend or replace the plan can be appealed. For a young person over 18, when deciding whether to re-assess, the council must have regard to whether the education or training outcomes in the plan have been achieved.
- Type of rule
- Law (Act or Regulations)
- Rule id
reassessment- Rules version
- england-2026.10
- Law as at
- 30 September 2026
Sources
- Children and Families Act 2014, s 44(2)Law (Act or Regulations)
- Children and Families Act 2014, s 44(3)Law (Act or Regulations)
- SEND Regulations 2014, reg 13(1)Law (Act or Regulations)
- Children and Families Act 2014, s 51(2)(e)Law (Act or Regulations)
- SEND Regulations 2014, reg 24Law (Act or Regulations)
- SEND Regulations 2014, reg 25(1)Law (Act or Regulations)
- SEND Regulations 2014, reg 27(1)Law (Act or Regulations)
- SEND Regulations 2014, reg 27(2)Law (Act or Regulations)
- SEND Regulations 2014, reg 27(3)Law (Act or Regulations)
- SEND Regulations 2014, reg 27(4)Law (Act or Regulations)
- Children and Families Act 2014, s 51(2)(d)Law (Act or Regulations)
- Children and Families Act 2014, s 44(5)Law (Act or Regulations)
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