You’ll be asked to start thinking about what you’d like to do when you finish year 11. This may sound a bit scary but help and advice will be available so that you know what your options might be, and you don’t have to make any final decisions yet.

If you have an EHC plan it will be reviewed every year. The review that happens in year 9 should focus on whether your support needs have changed and whether your support may need to be delivered differently in post-16 education. This could include a discussion about what your options are, and what you think you might want to do when you finish secondary school.

The review meeting organiser should invite representatives of post-16 institutions to these review meetings, particularly if there is a particular institution that you would like to attend.