Appealing to the SEND Tribunal
Please click here to view the link to the leaflet
SEND Tribunal Appeals: Form 35
You use form SEND 35 to appeal the following decisions:
- The Local Authority secured an EHC assessment but refused to make an EHC plan.
- The Local Authority has issued an EHC plan following an EHC Needs Assessment
- The Local Authority has refused to secure a Re-Assessment of EHC Needs
- The Local Authority has carried out an annual review of the EHC plan
- The Local Authority has refused to amend the EHC plan after an EHC Needs Re-Assessment
- The Local Authority has decided that the EHC plan is no longer necessary and are going to ‘Cease to Maintain’ the plan and
- I disagree with what the EHC plan says about the child or young persons special educational needs (Section B)
- I disagree with what the EHC plan says about the educational help/provision the child or Young Person requires (Section F)
- I disagree with the school/college/institution named in the EHC plan (Section I)
or
- The Local Authority has not named a school/college/institution in the EHC plan (Section I)
The SEND 35 Appeal form can be downloaded here: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/776041/send35-eng.pdf
The Following video, explains how to fill in each section of the SEND 35 Form:
SEND Tribunal Appeals Form SEND 35A
- You use form SEND 35A for when the LA has refused to secure an EHC needs assessment ONLY
You can access SEND form 35A here:
The Following video explains how to complete each section of the SEND 35A form:
These videos have been shared with the kind permission of Sendiass Suffolk