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SEND & Inclusion – Explaining the Panels

Education, Health, Care (EHC) Needs Assessment Request Panel

  • Considers requests for an EHC needs assessment by a school, parent or other professional on behalf of a learner, in line with the SEND Code of Practice 2015.
  • The request is for additional support in existing settings, as part of a graduated approach.
  • Meets weekly
  • Made up of a Senior Plan Coordinator from SENDAR, Education Psychology, a school representative (rotated), and health and social care representatives
  • Panel will decide whether or not to proceed to EHC needs assessment.
  • Schools will be informed of the decision and the reasons for that decision.

Recent changes have been made to ensure best use of time, both for SENCos (eg. reducing travel time) and for the local authority, and to ensure equity (where some schools attended panel and others did not). This has been discussed with SEND workstreams and SENCo networks. Decisions are based on the written request submitted.

We welcome more SENCos to join the panel on a rotation basis – please email sen@warwickshire.gov.uk if you are interested.

High Needs Panel

  • Learners are referred where mainstream schools are requesting additional funding which is greater than £20,000 or where there is a request for a non-maintained / independent specialist school. 
  • Meets monthly
  • Made up of representatives from schools, both special and mainstream, Educational Psychology, Specialist Teaching Service, Flex Learning, IDS and Social Care
  • The make up of the panel and the range of experience represented helps ensure a multi-disciplinary discussion

Provision Panel (previously County Admissions Panel)

  • Learners are referred where there are concerns that current provision is struggling to meet need or specialist provision may be indicated. 
  • Meets monthly
  • Made up of representatives from schools, both special and mainstream, SENDAR, Educational Psychology, Specialist Teaching Service, Flex Learning, IDS and Social Care
  • The make up of the panel and the range of experience represented helps ensure a multi-disciplinary discussion
  • Panel may recommend additional support from another team or make a request to High Needs' Panel for additional funding
  • Panel may also recommend referrals to a Specialist Resourced Provision, a Partnership Place or one of Warwickshire's state funded Special Schools.

If you require further information please contact your SENDAR Plan Coordinator.

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