The 20-week EHCNA clock, with bank-holiday handling and the dates that actually bind you.
Enter the date you received the EHCNA request. We return every statutory milestone — the 6-week decision-to-assess deadline, the 16-week draft-plan window, the 20-week final-plan duty under CFA 2014, s.36(10) — adjusted for English bank holidays.
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Statutory basis CFA 2014 s.36SEND Regs 2014 r.4–13
Bank holidays sourced from gov.uk England & Wales.
Where a deadline falls on a weekend or bank holiday, this calculator does not extend it — the duty remains as the statute reads. Adjust internally if your service convention differs.