Rulebook · Time limit
Invitations to the review meeting
Everyone who must be invited (including you) gets at least 2 weeks' notice of the meeting date.
- How it is counted
- At least 2 weeks before the review meeting: the same day of the week 2 weeks earlier, at the latest.
- Whose date it is
- The school or college, if the council has asked it (otherwise the council)
- What starts it
- The annual review meeting (held or planned)
- What counts as done
- Invitations to the review meeting were sent
- Type of rule
- Law (Act or Regulations)
- Rule id
review_invitations- Rules version
- england-2026.10
- Law as at
- 30 September 2026
If the date passes
The review still has to be carried out properly. A late step does not end the plan or cancel the review, and the plan stays in force.
Steps people often take:
- Ask the school or college (or the council, if it is running the review) when the step will happen.
- If the meeting cannot go ahead with the information needed, ask for it to be rearranged.
- Raise it with the council's SEN team, which is responsible for the review.
Your own deadlines do not change because the council is late.
Sources
- SEND Regulations 2014, reg 20(3)Law (Act or Regulations)
- SEND Regulations 2014, reg 21(3)Law (Act or Regulations)
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