So ds goes to a big 2 form entry primary school with a very high SEN profile. His class alone had 6 adults working in there last week when I went into help. 3 children have 1:1s, 2 classroom TAs for everyone else (a lot have needs without specific funding I think, I don't know, just guessing) and the class teacher - it was still chaos in there and the staff were tirelessly trying to help everyone that needed it. My own ds is going through EHCP process to get funding as currently he is on a reduced timetable because of as yet undiagnosed ASD and has been excluded multiple times this year. He desperately needs more support at school.
Anyway, the school support staff are 23 strong....and they are being cut by half for September due to the budget cuts. So next year each class with have a class teacher and 1 TA shared between 4 classes (2 year groups). The children with 1:1 EHCPs will obviously continue their support but that will be with set child, not in class helping.
God knows if or when ds will get an EHCP and be able to return to any form of education. And we've just heard that the maximum the LEA will give is £4.5k per year, which pays for hardly anything. I'll bet ds is permanently excluded in the first 2 weeks of September and that all the teachers will start leaving....
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To think school is going to be pretty difficult next year?
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summernight · 23/06/2018 21:03
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