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General advice for all appeals

The below pages contain information which will be helpful for all types of appeal, whether they are about a refusal to carry out an EHC needs assessment, a refusal to issue an EHC plan, a decision to cease an EHC plan, or an appeal about the contents of the plan.

How to submit an appeal

What happens after I submit my appeal?

Preparing the case before the hearing

The hearing

If your appeal is about a refusal to assess, refusal to issue an EHC plan, the contents of an EHC plan or the school other setting named in an EHC plan we recommend you also read the sections dealing with those types of appeal in more detail. 

Published: 23rd April, 2018

Updated: 6th May, 2022

Author: Emma Brock

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