My son has just been statemented with aspergers. He is at an academy secondary school. We were told he needed 1 to 1 with a TA to help catch up on lessons he struggled with.
A TA comes into his lessons and if Jake has an issue, he can call her over. Meanwhile she wonders around the class helping anyone that needs help.
Our son uses her for about 10 minutes per lesson but the full hour she is in lesson, she is being paid from our statement budget.
The head confirmed this as being true.
He only spends about 4 hours in total per week having 1 to 1 and when we told the head we were promised 12 - 18 hours per week 1 to 1, she told us it doesnt work like that anymore and that there is nothing we can do about it.
We can account for around 10 hours that the TA is helping normal children which is tallied up against our statement budget.
The little help the TA is providing is not helping which is reflected on our sons performance targets which we monitor closely.
If this is normal then I can see why the educational system is in such a mess, why isnt the statement budget ring fenced?
Any thoughts on how we can move forward?
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crazylamp · 09/10/2012 19:06
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