Question 3.1: EHC Plans issued within 20 weeks (incl. exceptions)

Steps

1. Select all EHCP Assessment involvements recorded where:
   • The Date Final Issued (INV_FORM_SEN_ASSESSMENT.STAT_COMPLETE_DATE) is in the return year.
   • The Assessment Type is: OR
     • INI

       If the internal code of 'MID - Transfer In Mid Assessment' which is mapped to the external code of INI is used – then this is excluded from Part 3).

     • OVR - LA decision overturned

       If the external code of the involvement is ‘OVR – LA decision overturned’ then this will be excluded from Part 3, except for the scenario when an EHC plan is issued after an LAs overturned decision of refusing to assess a child or young person following mediation or tribunal.

       OVR involvements will only be included when an EHC plan is issued after an LAs overturned decision of refusing to assess a child or young person following mediation or tribunal.

       The system will determine if the overturned decision was for a refusal to assess by checking if the previous Involvement satisfies the following conditions:
       • The EHCP assessment involvement form Started checkbox (INV_FORM_SEN_ASSESSMENT.ASS_START) is not checked.
       • The Assessment Start Date (INV_FORM_SEN_ASSESSMENT.ASS_START_DATE) is NULL.
       • The Inactive Reason (INV_FORM_SEN_ASSESSMENT.INACTIVE_REASON) (Table_ID 0328) has an external code of REF - Assessment Refused.
   • Do not include the EHCP Assessment Involvements where the final EHC Plan is issued following an EHCP mediation or a Tribunal. The following rules should be satisfied to exclude an EHCP Assessment linked to Mediation or Tribunal involvements:
     • EHCP Mediation involvement attached to an EHCP Assessment and mediation Notified Date (INV_FORM_MEDIATION.NOTIFED_DATE) is on or before the Date Final Issued (INV_FORM_SEN_ASSESSMENT.STAT_COMPLETE_DATE) and Mediation Outcome (INV_FORM_MEDIATION.MEDIATION_OUTCOME) have an outcome status (Disagreement OR Other OR Reached Agreement).
     • EHCP Tribunal involvement attached to an EHCP Assessment / EHCP Mediation involvement and tribunal Notified Date (INV_FORM_SEN_TRIBUNAL.NOTIFED_DATE) is on or before the Date Final Issued (INV_FORM_SEN_ASSESSMENT.STAT_COMPLETE_DATE).
2. Calculate the timescale to issue the final statement in days, as mentioned in the SEN Assessment Notified/Requested Duration (in Days) section of Part D: Definition of Common Terms.

   For ‘OVR – LA decision overturned’ involvements that are included, the timescale for the length of time to issue the EHC plan is calculated by the length of time between the Received Date on the first inactive Involvement where the assessment was refused compared with the Date Final Issued on the second ‘OVR – LA decision overturned’ involvement + 1 day.

Count for 3.1a: All EHCPs

Selects all the EHCP Assessment involvements from step 1, irrespective of whether Phase 1, 2, 3a and 3b exceptions are recorded on the EHC Plan.

EHCP Assessment involvements with phase exception M - SEN assessment in progress over Sep’14 with EHCP issued are treated as without exceptions and are counted.

Count for 3.1b: All EHCPs issued within 20 weeks

Selects all the EHCP Assessment involvements from step 1, irrespective of whether Phase 1, 2, 3a and 3b exceptions are recorded on the EHC Plan, where one of the following conditions is met:

• Step 2 is less than or equal to 140 days.
• Step 2 is less than or equal to 182 days and the student has exception code M in phase 1, 2 and 3. The student may or may not have other exceptions recorded in Phase 1, 2 and/or 3 on their EHC Plans.