Transition Plan-revised
Arrangements
for the transfer
of Statements
and Learning
Difficulty
Assessments to
Education,
Health and Care
Plans; 2015-2018
Introduction
The Department for Education produced revised guidance for
local authorities and their partners in September 2015 that
sets out how and when we must transfer existing statements
of special educational needs or learning difficulty assessments
to Education, Health and Care Plans.
That guidance says we must complete all the transfers by 1st
April 2018. This leaflet explains our arrangements for children
and young people who live in North Yorkshire and who
currently have a Statement or a Learning Difficulty Assessment.
In drafting this plan we have consulted representatives of
primary, secondary and special schools, further education
colleges, parents and carers, a disabled young people’s group,
local authority officers and colleagues in health and social care
services.
The order in which we will do Transfers
By 31st March in years 2016-2018, we must transfer the
Statements of the young people who are leaving school in this
academic year and moving into further education or training.
By 1st September 2016 all those young people who receive
support as a result of a Learning Difficulty Assessment, and
who are continuing in education or training should have an
Education, Health and Care Plan.
We will transfer your son or daughter’s statement to an
Education, Health and Care Plan if they are:

in an infant school and moving to a junior school

in Year 6 planning a move to secondary school
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
in Year 9 as they start to prepare for adulthood

in Y11+ with an emphasis on preparing for adulthood

or in provision which is likely to require significant change.
The Transfer Review Process
To transfer a Statement or Learning Difficulty Assessment to an
Education, Health and Care Plan, the local authority (LA), must
carry out a ‘transfer review’. The SEND Code of Practice says
we must do a needs assessment. In order to give us enough
time to ask for advice, meet with you and to draft the plan, we
have 20 weeks to finalise the Plan from when we first write to
you, giving notice that we intend to carry out a transfer review.
We will not ask for more or new advice if you as parents, your
daughter or son, the person who gave the advice and the
local authority officer, who is responsible for the review,
agree that what we have already is sufficient.
Most transfer reviews will take the place of an annual review
and we will talk to settings, schools and colleges about their
proposed dates for these. They may give you a date well in
advance of the meeting and we will write to you when we
know this, but at least 2 weeks before the review process
starts officially and to those other people involved in the
review. We will try to let you know up to 8 weeks before the
meeting date, at which a local authority officer may be
present, so we can ask for up-to-date advice, if we all agree
that we need to.
LA writes to parents or young person giving
Approximate
notice that we will conduct a transfer review at timings:
least 2 weeks before the transfer review process
begins; professionals informed of meeting date.
Advice requested, if it is needed, and returned
within 6 weeks.
By week 6
Transfer review meeting held and annual review Week 8
form completed
Annual Review form and other evidence sent to
SEN admin team within 2 weeks of meeting
Week 10
EHC plan drafted (if required)
Week 12
LA Central SEN Panel considers whether 1) to
issue an EHC Plan; 2) or a Support Plan; or 3)
cease to maintain a Plan, and informs parents
and young person
Week 14
Parents and young person consider draft Plan or Week 16
Support Plan (in place of an EHC Plan)
Listen to views and LA finalises Plan
Week 18
Final Plan issued
Week 20
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Rough guide to the number of transfers in each year
Transfer
point
Year 2
Year 6
Year 5
Year 9
Year 10
Year 11+
Totals
2015/16
2016/17
2017/18
50
90
30
75
130
90
110
280
585
10
75
75
90
300
570
250/1405
How you will know when your child’s statement/
learning difficulty assessment is being transferred
The table above gives you an approximate idea of the year in
which your child will get an EHC Plan. We will write to you at
the start of the transfer process to let you know when and how
it will happen. Your setting, school or college may already have
suggested a date in advance of us writing to you officially. We
will transfer as many children and young people as we can in
each year and all of them by 1st April 2018.
Where you can get information and support
To learn more about the Education, Health and Care
assessment and planning process and the wider reforms for
children and young people with special educational needs and
disabilities, please visit the Local Offer website:
www.northyorks.gov.uk/send
Core Assets Children’s Services have recruited and trained a
number of Independent Supporters whose job is specifically to
support families and young people going through the transfer
process in North Yorkshire.
They can be contacted directly on 0800 028 8455
The SEND Information, Advice and Support Service (formerly
Parent Partnership Service) can offer information and support
to families of students with SEND up to the age of 25yrs
whether or not they have a Statement, Learning Difficulty
Assessment or an Education, Health and Care Plan.
They can be contacted on 0845 034 9469
If we cannot agree about the decisions that the Local Authority
has made, you may ask about the Disagreement Resolution
Service or the Mediation Service and/or lodge an appeal with
the SEND Tribunal. Talk to SENDIASS or an Independent
Supporter (numbers above) if you want more information
about these services and how to apply.
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