Expert EHCP help for families across England
EHCP help when school no longer feels sustainable.
We help families navigate the Education, Health and Care Plan (EHCP) process with calm, expert guidance. Whether you need an EHC Plan application, an EHCP amendment, or support with an EHCP appeal to the SEND Tribunal, we are here for families across England.
Where are you in the process?
Select the stage that best matches where you are right now.
What we do
Three ways we help families get the right Education, Health and Care Plan.
EHCP Applications
Struggling to get an EHC needs assessment started? Our EHCP consultants guide you through every step of the Education, Health and Care Plan application, from evidence gathering to the local authority decision.
Learn more →EHCP Amendments
Your child's needs have changed but the EHC Plan has not kept pace. We help you request and secure meaningful EHCP amendments that reflect your child's current situation.
Learn more →EHCP Appeals
If the local authority has refused an EHC needs assessment, issued an inadequate EHCP, or named the wrong school, we help you appeal to the SEND Tribunal.
Learn more →Does this sound familiar?
The EHCP system says one thing. Families experience something very different.
These are the most common things families are told, or made to experience, when navigating the EHCP process. Every one of them has a legal response.
"Your child is coping fine at school."
Children who mask their difficulties at school often collapse the moment they get home. A child who holds it together all day and falls apart in the evening is not coping. They are exhausted. Schools only see half the picture.
How we use this evidence →"You need to wait until they are two years behind academically."
This is not the law. There is no academic threshold for requesting an EHC needs assessment. Unmet need is the legal test, not a grade comparison. If a school tells you this, they are wrong.
What the law actually says →A plan full of phrases like "as and when required."
Vague Section F provision is legally unenforceable. Schools can claim they are meeting your child's needs while delivering almost nothing. Every provision must be specific, quantified, and named.
Fix vague plan wording →Still waiting for a plan after 6, 9, or 12 months.
The statutory deadline from request to final plan is 20 weeks. Breaches are routine, but they are not something families have to accept. There are formal steps that change the dynamic.
Challenge unlawful delays →The local authority ignoring your private EP report.
Independent professional evidence cannot simply be dismissed. Local authorities must engage with all relevant evidence. We help you present it in a way that forces a proper response.
Make your evidence count →A refusal letter designed to make you give up.
Local authorities refuse the majority of initial requests. Families who challenge refusals with a well-prepared appeal succeed far more often than those who accept the decision quietly.
Appeal the decision →Recognition
Many children appear to cope long before anyone recognises they need EHCP support.
They seem fine at school but completely unravel afterwards.
Recovery is taking longer and longer after each school day.
Support exists on paper, but something still feels unsustainable.
Nobody seems to see how much effort this is actually taking.
Attendance continues, but wellbeing is quietly disappearing.
Everything feels harder than it used to, and you cannot explain why.
How we work
Clear, structured EHCP consultancy from first conversation to outcome.
Initial conversation
We listen carefully to your situation and explain what the EHCP process can achieve for your child.
Evidence review
We assess existing reports, school records, and professional correspondence to build a strong EHC Plan case.
EHCP strategy
We map out the strongest route: EHCP application, amendment, or appeal, and explain what to expect at each stage.
Drafting & submissions
We help draft, review, and submit Education, Health and Care Plan documentation that clearly sets out your child's needs and required provision.
Outcome support
We stay alongside you through EHCP decisions, responses, and next steps, including Tribunal preparation if needed.
Families we have helped
From stuck to supported.
Before: We spent nine months fighting the LA alone, had the assessment refused twice, and were told our son just needed more time to settle in.
After: Three weeks after Avenlight reviewed our evidence, a formal assessment was underway. The application letter used language the LA could not dismiss.
Parent, West Yorkshire
Before: The EHCP had been sitting there for two years with phrases like "support as appropriate" throughout. The school was technically compliant and completely failing her.
After: Avenlight rewrote Section F with us. The revised plan named 12 hours of 1:1 support per week. The school now has to deliver it.
Parent, South East England
Before: I was a single parent facing Tribunal with a lever arch folder I could not make sense of. I had two weeks and no idea where to start.
After: Avenlight organised every document, wrote every argument, and I never felt alone. The LA conceded before the hearing.
Parent, East Midlands
Stop fighting the local authority alone. Get your EHCP right the first time.
Every week without the right plan is another week of unmet need. Specialist EHCP consultancy for families across England.
Currently accepting new cases for the autumn 2026 term. Availability is limited.