SEND Case Officers Completing Statutory Deadline of 31 March for Phase Transfers

SEND Case Officers are working hard to complete the statutory deadline of 31st March 2026 for year 11 and 14 pupils.

When children and young people move between phases of education parents, carers or young people often have to think about what school or college should be named in their education, health and care (EHC) plan. There must always be an annual review of the EHC plan before a transfer to a new phase of education.

This is defined in regulation 2 of The Special Educational Needs and Disability Regulations 2014 (the SEND Regulations 2014) as a transfer from:

early years education to school
infant school to junior school
primary school to middle school
primary school to secondary school
middle school to secondary school, or
secondary school to a post-16 institution.

This process is often called a “phase transfer”.

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