There are significantly fewer children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) still waiting to be transferred to new education, health and care (EHC) plans following the 1 April deadline than initially feared, according to figures published by the Department for Education.
The statistics show that as of 1 March, there were 14,305 children who had not yet been issued with an EHC plan - just six per cent of the 236,225 children who had a special educational needs (SEN) statement when the transfer process began in September 2014.
The situation appears to be better than was widely expected. In May 2017, the DfE reported that the number of children transferred to EHC plans had yet to pass the halfway mark, leading to concerns many would still be waiting for or undergoing transfer assessments when the April deadline passed.
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