How many children with EHCPs are in school?

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I keep seeing the assumption that children with EHCPs are in school because government said that they should be when lockdown happened.

My son is in a SEN school so the whole school has EHCPs and they closed when all the other schools did. He really needs to be in school, he's barely had an education and is near the end of primary but I understand that they closed as they didn't have enough staff. I'm hoping they will in the first wave of returners to school rather than just focusing on exam years.

Are your children in? Would you like them to be?

One in a specialist school but they’re only taking key workers kids and vulnerable.

Other child with ehcp in mainstream. We’ve been offered a place but have not taken it up. She has an older sibling in the school who hasn’t got a place so won’t go without her, her 1:1 wouldn’t be available everyday and she’s happier at home for now.

We have 62 on roll, all with EHCPs. We currently have 37 in

The ones that aren’t in are not in care

My children were not offered to continue attending at mainstream or special school. Key workers children only.

My son goes to a specialist residential college. They are open for sone students bit only if they are 52 weeks placement or if they will be safe at college. My son is due back next week but I won’t hold my breath!

My son was offered at place a school - mainstream primary. I’ve kept him at home with his siblings. He’s much happier being at home. We get weekly calls from our SENCO to check in on him.

My son attends a complex needs school and was offered a place but we declined because I have significant health issues and am in the shielding group and it’s another route to bring the virus home. I took him out before schools officially closed. He is - thankfully- very happy to be at home, he has autism and learning disabilities and hates school really, he is enjoying his iPad and going for rural walks with his Dad (who is furloughed) and playing outside in the garden. I do realise for many children with ehcps and their parents they will be climbing the walls with despair.

DD has complex needs (learning diffs and ASD, no health issues) and is at Special school. School won't have her despite me WFH, having another child and being lone parent. They have provision for children of key workers though.

The big claim that children with EHCP can attend school is just BS.

My daughter is in a mainstream primary. They did say we could send her in, but she wouldn’t have any of her usual support there, and I’m at home anyway. So we were very happy to keep her home. She misses her friends but is doing ok.

My son is in along with about 2/3 of his school with the numbers limited on available staff. It's an independent special school and all the children have severe needs. Unlike most other schools it is routines as normal. Most of the LA special schools in the area are shut.

The big claim that children with EHCP can attend school is just BS.

So it seems!

I hope government include these children in the early group for getting back to school. They shouldn't be missing anymore education than is necessary and my sons school has 8 to a big classroom so social distancing is much easier!

Dd's in mainstream secondary. She could go in but she wouldn't be with friends or her usual teachers so we decided not to send her in.

My son with an ehcp isn't. I wish he was because he was coping ok at first but he's losing confidence and is worried he is never going to be able to learn again. It seemed like an obvious choice at first to keep him at home but the school has been less flexible over online learning than they are in lessons and I am effectively having to be his TA and I am not as good at it as his actual TA who is winner of a regional TA of the year award!

DS (autistic) is in a mainstream school. We were given the choice and we said we're happy to keep him at home. He's in year 10. Over the Easter holidays we discussed about whether he would be better going in so we spoke to his TA who pointed out that DS tends to pick up every cold going and we came up with a new plan for him to stay at home.

He gets a phone call from his TA every day to discuss how he's getting on and if there is anything further he needs to do. It has been decided for him to concentrate on English, Maths and science.

We would like him to go back along with the first wave of students (assuming they will be going back in waves) as he is in year 10. If he was in year 9 we wouldn't be as bothered.

My DD's SS shut. They would help if we needed to work, but I'm at home. It's going to be interesting when she has to go back.

DS is 9 and has an EHCP with funding attached for full time 1-1 and provision for 2-1 as and when necessary due to extreme VCB, and he's not been in for the last 5 weeks. His school (independent mainstream, his place is funded by our local authority)

School are emailing me once a week though to check on us, so that means we are "getting support" though

I’ve got one in and one out (one school open, other closed.)

It's very variable depending on schools attitudes. My sons mainstream primary has an ASD additional resource base. They offered places to ehcp children with one to one support when schools closed. Then when lockdown started numbers went down but now some children who I expect have an ehcp (so complex enough needs to be fairly obvious) are returning after the Easter break. The school is shut on Bank Holidays to ehcp children but open to key workers children.

In Borough I work in only one special school stayed open until a confirmed case of covid on staff member then closed. Then others starting to reopen after Easter.

The mainstream secondaries were not accommodating to anyone. They clearly did not want kids in

My son has an ECHP and is in a unit setting within mainstream. Although he has a school place I decided, due to his dads health, to keep him home. Plus I didnt know if his transport would still be running. When I told his teacher this she said they were advising to keep at home unless absolutely needed to. Luckily my sons been fine but if he wasn't coping at any time ill be sending him back

My DD has an EHCP and attends a complex needs school. She's been at home since 18th March when the school had to close because of staff absences and unsafe ratios. They've reopened to a handful of children but most are still at home.

Mine was offered a place. Mainstream junior school - seems that we are lucky to have a plan as many people seem to have children with far greater needs and no plan (he has fairly severe dyspraxia & dyslexia and struggles a little socially). I declined the place as I am working P/T from home and can slot in around his work. I get an email every couple of weeks from the SENCO.

My son (ASD) is in mainstream yr 7, he was offered a place but I decided to keep him at home. I was happy keeping him off at the start but now wish I could send him in but can’t as he’s shielding due to a kidney condition- it’s going to be a long time until he can in!

The guidance did say, that for most children with EHCP’s they’d be safer at home. That could be due to medical need, the pandemic, not ‘vulnerable’ as in SS or looked after. Not to mention, it is not school, it’s not routine, many would find that hard. My child who has an EHCP is not in and both parents are key workers too. She is safer at home.

I teach at an SEMH secondary school, all 60 students have an EHCP (apart from 1-2 trial placements). We’ve had anywhere between 0 and 4 in so far. 3-4 more meant to be joining next week. We’re open but allowing the parents to decide. Tutors are also making 2-5 phone calls home a week per family, settting work online and posting work to those who needs it, giving out FSM vouchers (approx 80% of our students), delivering laptops and dongles, making and delivering 40 food parcels a week. 😰
I believe around 10% of students with a social worker and/or EHCP are attending school at the moment.

Our secondary is completely shut and they've said around 3 children each day are going elsewhere with younger siblings to primaries. 1000 kids in school.