Parents or carers who ask their councils to carry out an EHC assessment for a child or young person must be told whether or not the council has agreed to assess within six weeks, and the creation of the plan itself must take no more than 20 weeks from the date it was requested. Hackney met this deadline for completing the boy’s EHC Plan, but failed to include the agreed “Education Other Than At School” (EOTAS) package until January 2025, despite Mr X requesting it earlier than November.
