My daughter recently started at a state primary school having previously attended an independent. She was diagnosed with dyslexia last year and attends a weekly teaching session at Dyslexia Action on a school day afternoon. This was not a problem for her previous school.
The Head Teacher of the new school telephoned me this morning going on about how he would have to report this to the LEA and he didn't think it was allowed etc etc as she would be missing time out of school. I cannot believe the LEA, who incidentally refused to assess her originally, would obstruct her receiving specialist tuition which we foot the £50-per-lesson bill for. The Head Teacher confirmed that they could not provide specialist teaching for her. We are not able to attend DA after school hours or Saturdays (they have no vacancies then anyway).
Has anyone had any experience with a similar problem? I cannot believe the school are taking this attitude! They also tell us we have to wait until after half term to meet with the SENCO to discuss her IEP.
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Time off school for specialist tuition - can LEAs object?
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nou · 27/09/2007 14:49
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