1. EHC Online Portal Project Lead: Liz Lake liz.lake@bromley.gov.uk
Part of our solution to improve working practices and ensure that our processes are clear, transparent is a fully integrated and person centred digital tool – the EHC Online Portal.
The EHC Online Portal has come about following the ‘Outcomes Project’ that many of you will have been involved with – Liz Lake, our Quality Assurance lead led this project back in 2017.
This is a very significant piece of work and will take some time to test and implement, but we are confident that through working in partnership with you this can be a success. We will need to start with some pilot work, focusing on key elements of the system and we are at the stage where we are starting to formalise the different phases of the programme.
It’s important that we don’t rush this – we need to get this right, developing it together so that we have a shared commitment to its success and sustainability.
Liz Lake is leading on the project and will be looking for a range of partners to join various development groups. If you are interested, then please Liz Lake directly.

2. Project Lead: Liz Lake - liz.lake@bromley.gov.uk
EHC Online Portal
A hub for Professionals
A hub for education settings
A hub for families
Key features:
EHC assessment request pathway
Smart case dashboard – Easy case tracking & reporting across all cases
Individual Case Tracker with alerts & notifications
Case Timeline Summary & Case notes
Smart assessment pathway – Easy & secure advice requests
EHC Plan builder with parent/ Carer & Setting consultation
Full EHCP review pathway
Individual EHC Case tracker
Smart case dashboard
Case visibility for Head teachers
Full EHCP Review pathway including meeting scheduling, consultation and Review Report writing
Information, advice & EHC assessment request
EHC case tracker
Text and alerts/ notifications
“About me” & “My Parents/ carers’ views” – Multimedia spaces
Online EHC Plan (including parent/ carers consultation)
Online EHCP Review process
The project identified that there were significant gaps – these will be a particular focus in the forthcoming SEND local area inspection:
The ability of leaders to understand the progress and impact of outcomes particularly on vulnerable groups within the borough
Lack of evidence to demonstrate how we know we are making a difference to improving outcomes for CYP with SEN.
Focus on attainment, rather than progress and outcomes.
There is some good practice amongst some education settings and other provision in Bromley but this is too often delivered within silos and not holistically across Education, Health and Care.
The EHC Portal is a person centred digital approach which facilitates two core statutory processes: the needs assessment and annual review process
The benefits are significant and they are important across education, health, care, providers, children, young people and families.
I am delighted to welcome Chris Evans from Open Objects who is going to take us through a guided tour of the system and bring to life what we have been talking about.
Project Lead: Liz Lake -

3. Product Manger Open Objects
Jamie Rowell
Product Manger Open Objects