We are currently coming towards the end of a SEND Tribunal Trial, which commenced in April 2018 and has already been extended once to August 2020. On 18 June 2020 Vicky Ford MP, the Parliamentary Under Secretary for Children and Families, confirmed that due to the coronavirus crisis, the trial will be extended until at least 31 August 2021. Before the trial, appeals to the SEND Tribunal could only consider special educational needs, provision and placement sections of an EHCP. Under the trial, the Tribunal also has the power to make non-binding recommendations about the health and social care needs and provision sections of EHC plans, which allows parents and young people the opportunity to raise all their concerns about a Plan in one place.
