If a decision is made to electively home educate a child who previously had a school-based IDP, does the school-based IDP automatically cease upon deregistration from the school? Is the LA then required to determine whether it will maintain the IDP?

If a request is made for the LA to review and revise a school-based IDP with the view it becomes an LA-maintained IDP, and the LA panel decides that additional evidence and assessments from the school are needed before reaching a decision, what happens if the child is removed from the school roll during this process?

Does the panel need to reconsider the request and decide whether to maintain the IDP, given that there is no longer a school to provide the requested evidence or implement recommendations? Or should a new request be made for the LA to determine whether the child has ALN?

If we register our child through the standard secondary school admission process, will their EHCP automatically cease?

Our adopted, Year 6, daughter has an EHCP with VI as the main need. We chose a secondary school for her with a specialist VI unit, in a different county. They can definitely meet needs but have yet to agree to the placement. If we went through the standard admissions, she would be given a place in our chosen school as she is a previously looked-after child. But we have been told by our Local Authority that if we do that, the EHCP will cease. Is that correct, would that be a legal move?

Why are schools required to evidence that they have exhausted all available resources before the LA will make a decision regarding placement or the transition from a school-based IDP to an LA-maintained IDP?

Placement: If the LA suggests that the parent must first re-register the child at another mainstream school, what are the parent’s rights in responding to that recommendation?

Could the refusal of transport be viewed as a failure to make reasonable adjustments under the Equality Act 2010?

Can LAs refuse to consider an out of county placement based on location alone? (Wales)

We would like to consider a special school placement for our child. We live in County A and they currently go to a mainstream primary school in County B. We have been informed by the LA at discussion stage that we could not consider the special school in County B for the sole reason that we live in County A. Is this a legitimate reason to refuse a placement request without further consideration?

Final EHCP issued with nothing named in I nor 'type' of placement nor provision set out in F ( EOTAS ). Appeal hearing 5/11/25 ( in 2 days time! )

Am I right in saying the LA have acted unlawfully by issuing a final without a placement/type/eotas? This is the very simple reason I have lodged the appeal which has taken 11 months - during which time my now 19 year old young person is highly unlikely to engage in anything whatsoever and are NEET.

Do parents automatically get their choice in Section I, if a council has been "bared from taking part in any proceedings" by the Tribunal?

The Council have missed the deadline for submitting their evidence to Tribunal, and missed all subsequent deadlines. The Tribunal have responded by saying: "It is ordered: The LA is bared from taking part in any proceedings pursuant to Rule 8(2)." (however it goes on to say: "the LA may apply within 28 days of this Order, for its participation to be re-instated pursuant to Rule 8(6)".) The date of the letter is 13/08/25 + 28 days = 10/09/25. The appeal is held on 12/09/25.

The parents are going to Tribunal because they object to the school listed in Section I. Because the Council have been bared from proceedings, and if they do not respond by 10/09/25, does this mean the parents automatically get the school they requested for their child?

Can a young person register a disability claim whilst in college for failure to provide transport