Moving into Somerset
If your child or young person has an Education, Health and Care plan and you move into Somerset from another area:
- The old local authority must send the EHC plan to Somerset on the day you move
- If they didn’t know about the move 15 working days before, they must send the plan within 15 working days of finding out
Your child must still go to the education setting named in their plan. If this isn’t possible (for example, the school is too far away), Somerset will find a temporary appropriate education setting until the plan is reviewed and a new place is named.
If the school in the plan charges fees, Somerset will pay for it until the plan is changed.
Once Somerset gets the plan, a member of the Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) Assessment and Review Team will call you to learn more about your child and start building a relationship.
Somerset will review the plan by whichever of these comes later:
- within 12 months of the last annual review or when the plan was made, or
- within 3 months of the plan being transferred
Moving out of Somerset
If you are moving out of Somerset, you should contact the customer services team and give at least 15 working days’ notice. This helps Somerset send the EHC plan to your new local authority.