S-03-E · SEN / ALN
EHCPs & Home Education
England
Understanding what happens to an EHCP when you home educate.
9 min read
England
Last Checked August 2026
SEN & Additional Needs
What This Guide Is About
If your child has an Education, Health and Care Plan, often shortened to an EHCP, choosing home education can feel like stepping into unknown territory. Families are often told very different things. Some are told the EHCP disappears. Others are…
The rest of this guide
With an account you get every remaining section, in full — the same headings you see here, written through to the end.
- 02Part One · An EHCP Does Not Define Your Child — And It Does Not Simply Disappear
- 03Part Two · Leaving School and Moving Into Home Education
- 04Part Three · What Changes When You Electively Home Educate
- 05Part Four · Funding, Support, Personal Budgets and EOTAS
- 06Part Five · Reviews, Amendments and Keeping the Plan Useful
- 07Part Six · Where to Get Specialist Advice
- 08Final Thought · The Plan Should Support the Child — Not Replace Them
- 09Where to go from here.
