Aibu SEN dd not allowed to after school club

[Anon37738]

I'm not sure how I feel but other parents have expressed that they think it's not right so more looking for another perspective.

My dd is SEN and I have been told by the school that she cannot go after school club anymore as they cannot look after her. There are other SEN children that attend who have not been told they are not allowed to go.

I have 2 other children who would like to go club but other dd gets so upset if I say that she can't go that day.

The club is extremely convinient for me basically across the road from my house financially cheaper too and is currently one day a week (the plan was to increase hours during the week as currently I work every single weekend and one day during the week so I get no real time with them)

This is extremely long my apologies just wondering if I should challenge it or accept it and have to drop my working day during the week. I don't have anyone who can help me just to add.

If your child has an EHCP contact the social worker and ask about a personal budget provision section J.

You can do this but unless you la is out of the ordinary you are unlikely to get anything near whst you need. In my area unless a child has very complex needs and/or has multiple siblings you are unlikely to get anything and even then it’s a couple of hours direct payments a month thst you have to sort own payroll and insurance for

All disabled children are entitled to a social care assessment that could cover stuff like this. LAs can set their own eligibility criteria for the actual provision of services. I haven't yet come across one that would cover ASC.

I'm a TA who works with SEN pupils in a secondary school.

I can only imagine that she needs a TA and they couldn't find a TA who wanted to work after school to support a child in after school club. Or possibly the school didn't want to pay for the extra hour or so.

Many TAs don't want to work after school as they have their own children or just because there's a lot of disillushionment now re pay and conditions so they don't volunteer to do anything extra.

Schools do have a duty to provide after school activities to children with SEND. If a 1:1 is required the school should be able to show evidence they have tried to find one including going back to the LA if it is a funding issue. These activities are expected to be offered to all children, not just those without disabilities. Yes there will sometimes be some children who cannot attend but the school should still show they have done all they reasonably could ( best endeavours duty) to enable them to attend.
Even with outside providers because the club is on school premises and is linked to the school, the school doesn't have no duties here.

If your child requires 1:1 during school, the school, provider or social services can access funding- this can take time of course. A ban would only be applied if the setting had tried with the ratio that the child had in school and they still couldn't manage the child, their safety and/or the safety of others (remember they have a duty of care to everyone). My dd couldn't attend various clubs because she is autistic, because she couldn't cope with the setting generally due to noise levels and the unpredictability of clubs (she coped fine in orchestra, choir and similar)

@gogohmm There is zero obligation on LAs to provide funding for after school club. Also, being an ASC means the adjustments need to be reasonable. If they can't afford to pay for a 1-1 and that is what the child needs, they can invite the parent to pay for it or if that isn't possible then say no. There's different expectations for school day and ASC.