EHCP Team

EHCP Team contact details

  • EHCP Team email address: EHCPTeam@shropshire.gov.uk
  • EHCP Team phone number: 01743 254267 (Mon-Thurs 8am-5pm, Fri 8am-4pm)
  • EHCP Team postal address: EHCP Team, Shropshire Council, PO Box 4826, Shrewsbury, SY1 9LJ

What are the EHCP Team responsible for?

The EHCP Team (previously known as the SEN Team) is responsible for delivering the statutory duties of Shropshire Council relating to special educational needs and/or disability for children and young people aged 0 to 25.  

The EHCP Team works collaboratively with colleagues across education, health and social care, parent, carers and young people and with the voluntary sector to improve the outcomes for Shropshire children and young people with SEND.

Roles of the team include:

  • Processing new requests for education, health and care needs assessments
  • Requesting advice for education, health and care needs assessments
  • Reviewing the advice received to determined in an education, health and care plan is required
  • Writing and issuing education, health and care plans
  • Consulting with education settings for placement
  • Reviewing, amending and ceasing education health and care plans 

Once a child or young person has an EHCP, the EHCP Team will continue to be involved with the maintenance of it until it ceases, or the young person becomes 25.

Who is in the EHCP Team?

The EHCP Team Manager is Annie Williams.  The team consists of four Senior Case Officers and twelve Case Officers.  We have an additional Annual Review Recovery Team (AART) with a Senior Case Officer and three Case Officers. We also have a Tribunals Officer, Roger Wardle.

EYFS to end of Key Stage 1 (Birth - end of Year 2)

Role

Senior Case Officer

Name

Claire Fellowes

Email

claire.fellowes@shropshire.gov.uk

Role

SEND Early Intervention Officer

Name

Judith Pilkington

Email

judith.pilkington@shropshire.gov.uk

Role

Case Officer

Name

Abi Pemberton

Email

abi.pemberton@shropshire.gov.uk

Role

Case Officer

Name

Jo Phillips

Email

jo.phillips@shropshire.gov.uk

Role

Case Officer

Name

Samantha Cain

Email

Currently on maternity leave

Key Stage 2 (Years 3 - 6)

Role

Senior Case Officer

Name

Helen Petrie

Email

helen.petrie@shropshire.gov.uk

Role

Case Officer

Name

Amber Hughes

Email

amber.hughes@shropshire.gov.uk

Role

Case Officer

Name

Autumn Cass

Email

autumn.cass@shropshire.gov.uk

Role

Case Officer

Name

Sue Whatham

Email

sue.whatham@shropshire.gov.uk

Key Stage 3 to end of Year 10 (Years 7 - 10)

Role

Senior Case Officer

Name

Gaynor Styles

Email

gaynor.styles@shropshire.gov.uk

Role

Case Officer

Name

Charlie Vaughan

Email

charlie.vaughan@shropshire.gov.uk

Role

Case Officer

Name

Louise Gornall

Email

louise.gornall@shropshire.gov.uk

Role

Case Officer

Name

Vacancy

Email

Vacancy

Year 11 to age 25

Role
Senior Case Officer
Name

Keith Melville

Email

keith.melville@shropshire.gov.uk

Role

Case Officer

Name

Aimee Hearn

Email

aimee.hearn@shropshire.gov.uk

Role

Case Officer

Name

Kelsie Wall

Email

kelsie.wall@shropshire.gov.uk

Role

Case Officer

Name

Vacancy

Email

Vacancy

Annual Review Recovery Team (ARRT)

Role

Senior Case Officer

Name
Steve Teagle
Email

steve.teagle@shropshire.gov.uk

Role

Case Officer

Name

Camilla Velarde

Email

camilla.velarde@shropshire.gov.uk

Role

Case Officer

Name

Gina Nel

Email

gina.nel@shropshire.gov.uk

Role

Case Officer

Name

Hayley Matthews

Email

hayley.matthews@shropshire.gov.uk


Who is the Case Officer for a particular child?

To find out who the Case Officer is for a particular child please take a look at the Case Officer allocations list.  If you any help please contact EHCPTeam@shropshire.gov.uk.  

You can contact a Case Officer by phone or email. Please be aware that Case Officers spend a considerable proportion of their working week in meetings, so they are not always available to speak to schools and parent carers immediately. We understand how frustrating it can be if you can’t speak to your Case Officer when you call due to them being unavailable because of meetings and other commitments/priorities.  Please be patient and allow 5 working days for us to reply to your email or return your phone call before contacting us again, we will do our best to respond as soon as we can.

Shropshire SEND Local Offer

The SEND local offer is a single place for information, services, and resources for children and young people aged 0-25 with special educational needs and/or disabilities, their families, and the practitioners who support them.