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Failure to Seek Proper Advice – EHC Needs Assessment

What it does

Raises that the council has not gathered all the professional advice required for a proper EHC needs assessment, and asks for the missing advice to be obtained.

When to use it

Use this when the council is assessing your child but has skipped advice from key professionals (e.g. educational psychologist, speech therapist).

What's included

  • The letter, ready to personaliseA clearly written letter you make your own by filling in the bracketed parts.
  • Step-by-step submission guidePlain instructions on who to send it to, by when, and what should happen next.
  • Plain-English guidanceNotes that explain the process in everyday language, with no jargon.
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