Get information and support On-demand SEND law webinars Webinar: Annual reviews - the process and your rights If your child has an EHC plan, your local authority must review it at least once a year. This statutory process - known as the annual review - ensures your child’s EHC plan stays up-to-date and continues to provide the support needed. Our webinar 'Annual reviews - the process and your rights' walks you through the key aspects of the annual review process, including: When annual reviews and phase transfer reviews should take place, and what the review process is for these, What rights parents, carers and young people have What action you can take if the process is not followed. To enable captions, click the 'cc' button at the bottom of the video screen. A copy of the presentation slides from this webinar can also be downloaded via the button below. Download presentation slides Who should watch this webinar? This webinar is designed for parents and carers of children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) who want to learn more about the annual review process. Please note: this webinar is intended for families in England. Different legislation applies for families in Wales and Scotland. Meet our trainers This webinar is delivered by members of our legal team, Alex Stafford and Lisa Coaten. Alex Stafford, Senior Solicitor Alex is a solicitor in IPSEA's legal team. She is responsible for delivering training to new volunteers and ongoing training to existing volunteers. She delivers IPSEA's programme of external training to parents, schools, SEN specialists and local authorities. As well as training, Alex also provides legal support to the IPSEA volunteers and monitors and supervises their case work and helpline advice as well as supporting the provision of legal updates. Alex creates legally based written resources and is part of the team undertaking national and local policy work. Alex enjoys running, hiking and attempting yoga. Lisa Coaten, Legal Team Member As a member of the legal team, Lisa works with volunteers training them, providing legal support and supervising their work on the helplines and Tribunal Support Service. She also delivers training to parents, carers and professionals, and helps the team to keep IPSEA’s legal resources up to date. Outside of work, Lisa enjoys going to the theatre, planning family holidays and is currently studying for her Masters. Back To all webinars Manage Cookie Preferences