Key dates
You can apply for a secondary or post 16 place for a child with an education, health and care (EHC) plan online.
Dates for submitting your school preferences
To submit your preferences for the schools you will be applying for you will need to login or create a Parent Portal account.
You can begin to submit your preferences for secondary schools and post 16 placements from 8 February 2022.
The deadline for submitting your preferences is 31 May 2022.
School place offers
You will be told what school place you’ve been allocated on 17 December 2022.
This is the same date for secondary and post 16 places.
EHC plan issue dates
Your special educational needs (SEN) officer will issue a proposed amended EHC plan. This will include the name of the proposed school the local authority plans to name.
The amended final EHC plan should be issued by:
- 15 February 2023 for secondary school places
- 31 March 2023 for post 16 places.
There will always be times where securing an appropriate school place takes a little longer.
You will be told if the process is likely to exceed the deadline.