{"id":20403,"date":"2024-09-10T14:27:03","date_gmt":"2024-09-10T13:27:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/children-families-education\/?page_id=20403"},"modified":"2026-03-20T15:06:59","modified_gmt":"2026-03-20T15:06:59","slug":"what-you-can-do-if-we-decide-not-to-issue-a-plan","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/children-families-education\/send-local-offer\/education-health-and-care-plans\/what-you-can-do-if-we-decide-not-to-issue-a-plan\/","title":{"rendered":"What you can do if we decide not to issue a plan"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A needs assessment may result in an EHCP, but when it doesn\u2019t, you can ask us for a &#8216;way forward&#8217; meeting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A way forward meeting can help you to understand the reasons behind the decision not to issue a plan and you can discuss the next steps needed to ensure your child still receives the necessary support. If you&#8217;d like to arrange a way forward meeting, please speak to your case officer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We would also recommend requesting a meeting with your child&#8217;s SENDCo to discuss progress and talk about any additional support that could be provided.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The advice gathered during the assessment process can be used by your child\u2019s school, college or other place of education to support your child&#8217;s needs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you disagree with the decision not to issue a plan, you will have a right to appeal. However, you have the option to meet with us to discuss the decision or request formal mediation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/children-families-education\/send-local-offer\/education-health-and-care-plans\/disagreeing-with-decisions\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"20397\">More information about what you can do if you disagree with a decision<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A needs assessment may result in an EHCP, but when it doesn\u2019t, you can ask us for a &#8216;way forward&#8217; meeting. A way forward meeting [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"parent":20381,"menu_order":12,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-step-content.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-20403","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-16 19:43:18","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/children-families-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/20403","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/children-families-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/children-families-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/children-families-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/children-families-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20403"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/children-families-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/20403\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":73631,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/children-families-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/20403\/revisions\/73631"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/children-families-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/20381"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/children-families-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20403"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}