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Can't apply for statement. not academically far enough behind

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cheesehater · 28/06/2010 12:41

Hello
My DD is at SA+, and the school SENCO mentioned it might be worth putting her forward for a statement. He's now come back and said it can't be considered as academically she's not far enough behind. Is this right?
Thanks for any help, or guidance that says this is wrong. The SENCO is acting up while the usual SENCO is on maternity leave and I'm not convinced he's totally 100% with his facts.

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countydurhamlass · 28/06/2010 19:57

our SENCO said that usually in our area children need to be two years behind before the local authority will statement a child, however, my ds is about a year behind and the school have applied on the basis that he is only going to fall further and further behind the older he gets older and included a lot of medical info to back it up