📄 Your EHCP from 16 to 25

❓ Does an EHCP stop at 16?

No. An EHCP can continue up to age 25 if you stay in education or training and still need the support.

🧭 Preparing for adulthood

From Year 9, annual reviews should focus on four areas: employment, independent living, friends and community, and good health. Your plan should include outcomes that help you get ready for adult life.

🗣️ Your say

From the end of the school year in which you turn 16, you have the right to make decisions about your EHCP yourself, with support from your family if you want it.

🔚 When an EHCP can end

• You start a paid job
• You go to university
• You leave education or training
• You no longer need the support it provides
• You turn 25 (it usually ends at the end of that academic year)

💬 If you disagree

You can ask for a meeting, use mediation, and appeal some decisions to the SEND Tribunal. Your local SENDIASS service gives free, independent advice.

➡️ Where next?