Is the support working? See the evidence before the EHCP annual review.
Sendix reads the plan, reports and what staff know, and shows the evidence for and against each outcome. Staff give their view and choose what changes. You get a draft ready to share with everyone invited, at least two weeks before the meeting. The meeting talks it through. Afterwards the school sends the report with its recommendations.
On a fictional plan. No pupil data, and nothing to sign.
For the wording in the plan itself, see the EHCP review.
How does a review come together?
One fictional child, from the first report to a draft ready to share with everyone invited, at least two weeks before the meeting. For EHCPs in England.
Every review in one place
See who’s next, which reports and views are in, and what each review still needs.
- 24 NovA.M.All inNeeds your view
- 27 NovJ.T.All inStart review
- 2 DecR.K.Parent views missingAsk for parent views
- 4 DecS.O.Speech and language report missingChase report
- 9 DecL.B.Teacher report missingChase report
- 11 DecM.H.All inStart review
- 16 DecD.P.All inNeeds your view
The evidence for and against each outcome
AI reads the plan, reports and what staff know, and sets out what bears on each outcome, for it and against it, with the source beside every line.
A.M.’s annual reviewYear 5 · Review on 24 November
Read for this outcome
By the end of Year 6, A.M. answers a why question about a story, on their own.
- For
- Answers with a pictureSpeech and language report
- Against
- No change since JuneClass tracking
- For
- On their own with a familiar storyWhat staff noticed
- For
- Asks why at home, with books they knowParent views
The child’s name comes out first, and the model keeps nothing.
Your view on whether the support is working
Sendix suggests a status from the evidence: working, partly working, not working, not enough evidence yet or achieved. The delivery record sits beside it, so you can see whether the support happened. Staff read the evidence, give their view and say why.
A.M.’s annual reviewYear 5 · Review on 24 November
By the end of Year 6, A.M. answers a why question about a story, on their own.
- For
- Answers with a pictureSpeech and language report
- Against
- No change since JuneClass tracking
- A.M.’s view
- Likes the stories with pictures bestPupil views
- Parent views
- Asks why at home, with books they knowParent views
Delivery 11 of 12 story sessions recorded this term
Suggested from the evidence: Partly working
WorkingPartly workingNot workingNot enough evidence yetAchieved
Your reasonAnswers with a picture, not yet without one.
Your view, saved by C.B.
Suggested changes, each with its source
Where the evidence points to a change, Sendix suggests the next outcome, the provision and the next check. You keep, edit or reject each one.
A.M.’s annual reviewYear 5 · Review on 24 November
Current outcome
By the end of Year 6, A.M. answers a why question about a story, on their own.
Suggested change
By the end of Year 6, A.M. will answer a why question about a new story, without a picture, in four out of five story sessions, up from none this term.
Drafted from the speech and language report and what staff noticed
Drafted provision
Teaching assistant fades picture cues at story time, gap for your team: how often: to agree with the speech and language therapist.
Next check
Class teacher, at the end of the spring term.
KeepEditReject
Kept by C.B.
A draft ready to share
The child’s views come first, then parent views, then each outcome with its evidence and what comes next, in your school’s own review template. It’s ready to share with everyone invited, at least two weeks before the meeting.
A.M.’s annual reviewYear 5 · Review on 24 November
Preparation draft for the review meeting
A.M.’s views Likes the stories with pictures best.
Parent views Asks why at home, with books they know.
Outcome 1 of 5 Answers a why question about a story.
Is the support working? Partly working. Answers with a picture, not yet without one.
Evidence Speech and language report, class tracking, 11 of 12 sessions recorded.
What comes next Fade the picture at story time, then try new stories.
The meeting talks it through. Afterwards the school sends the report with its recommendations.
Draft checked by C.B.
What does a review have to do?
The SEND Code sets the shape of an annual review in a school. Sendix helps staff prepare for it. The meeting, the report and the council’s decision stay where the Code puts them.
The local authority must review the plan within 12 months of making it, and then within 12 months of each review.
LawChildren and Families Act 2014, section 44(1) (opens the source in a new tab)
Reviews must focus on the child or young person’s progress towards achieving the outcomes in the plan, and must also consider whether those outcomes and supporting targets remain appropriate.
Statutory guidanceSEND Code of Practice 2015, paragraph 9.166 (opens the source in a new tab)
Reviews must be undertaken in partnership with the child and their parent, or the young person, and must take account of their views, wishes and feelings.
Statutory guidanceSEND Code of Practice 2015, paragraph 9.168 (opens the source in a new tab)
The school must seek advice and information before the meeting from everyone invited, and send what it gathers to all of them at least two weeks before the meeting.
Statutory guidanceSEND Code of Practice 2015, paragraph 9.176 (opens the source in a new tab)
The meeting must focus on progress towards the outcomes, on what changes might need to be made to the support, and on whether the outcomes themselves need to change.
Statutory guidanceSEND Code of Practice 2015, paragraph 9.176 (opens the source in a new tab)
What happens at the meeting?
- The meeting talks it through
- Your draft is preparation. The meeting talks it through. Afterwards the school sends the report with its recommendations.
- The school reports within two weeks
- The report of the meeting goes to everyone invited and sets out recommendations on any amendments to the EHCP (SEND Code of Practice, paragraph 9.176).
- The council decides within four weeks
- The local authority decides whether to keep, amend or cease the plan, and tells the family and the school (SEND Code of Practice, paragraph 9.176). Until the council amends it, staff keep delivering the provision as written.
Guides
- What makes an EHCP outcome measurable
An outcome in Section E has to be something you can check at review. Here is what the law and the SEND Code of Practice actually ask for, with rewritten examples you can adapt.
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- Getting Section F specific: provision that can be delivered and checked
Section F is the part of an EHCP the local authority must secure. If it says 'access to' or 'as needed', nobody can tell what is owed, or whether it happened. Here is how to tighten it.
England · Updated · 6 min read
- How to check an EHCP against the law and the Code: a SENCO's checklist
A section-by-section checklist for the EHCP your school has to deliver, based on the Children and Families Act 2014, the SEND Regulations 2014 and the SEND Code of Practice, and what to do when something is missing.
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