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Online Schooling and EHCP

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alwaysgettingitwrong · 24/10/2019 15:23

Our son is in Y10 was permanently excluded from his school in July for persistent defiant behaviour just before his EHCP was made final in September. He has an array of social, emotional and mental health issues and to be honest the school he was at heightened these by punishing him by putting him in placements in isolation areas in other schools for 15 weeks.

LA haven't really offered much locally (we live rural) and we don't believe that by the time something comes up he'll have missed so much. He's suggested tutoring /online school and we are coming around that this maybe best solution for him.

Does anyone know if you can get online schooling 'named' or funded as part of an ECHP?

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norfolkskies · 25/10/2019 10:25

some counties yes (staffordshire has academy 21 as theirs, BUT it only does maths, english , science). norfolk no. we self fund ds at myonlineschooling 7 subjects. best thing ever.

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alwaysgettingitwrong · 25/10/2019 11:33

Thanks I think we're going down the myhomeschooling route and can afford to self-fund (just) - do you also use a tutor for Maths?

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norfolkskies · 25/10/2019 15:56

no its all via myonlineschooling. ds does:maths, english, science, french, geography, DT,history.

its pay per subject, over 5? subjects its 10 or 15% off the lot. we pay £260 a month. that also includes after school extra help booster sessions for maths, english science (ds hasn`t needed them yet). we get a booklist august (all amazon) and that came to £30? provide your stationary obviously. maths, english , science are a bit more a month as you get 2 hrs a week of these each rather than just 1 lesson (1 hr). there is homework ! or as they call it independant learning. for each subject. sometimes a bit more. its not a huge amount, just right. it encourages a less spoon fed learning like normal school which stands them in good stead for further ed/ uni

norfolkskies · 25/10/2019 15:58

classes are livestreamed, so totally interactive. the teachers work from home. we see them, they can`t see us. you can chat via text or mic. or even webcam (as we did in DT last week!).

norfolkskies · 25/10/2019 16:01

if you miss a class (we did as we were in the middle of moving house), not a problem. every class is recorded, so you can catch up. you just dont get the live experience. MOS are fine as long as you tell them (i called them, but emails fine).
ds has a page for him with homework/ timetable etc. I also have a seperate parent portal. we can email teachers outside of class as well which is brill.

norfolkskies · 25/10/2019 16:05

its not cheap, BUT in this house it works. It follows the english curriculum like a proper school, so if ds wanted to go back to school he should be able to transition fine. It takes all the pressure off me to homeschool. Basically Ive outsourced it lol! dh is a teacher and he likes it too, so cant be bad.

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alwaysgettingitwrong · 28/10/2019 15:16

Thank you - sounds like the way forward for us, we have a call with myonlineschool on Thursday

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KateD1980 · 30/10/2019 11:33

We've had experience of Fresh Start in Education which Local Authorities use for students with EHCP - and they also have an online learning service that can be part of this - freshstart.direct - maybe check them out?

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alwaysgettingitwrong · 30/10/2019 12:09

KateD1980 - as I understand it Fresh Start's goal is to get people back to a school eventually - this isn't something I am interested in at my sons age now.

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KateD1980 · 30/10/2019 13:17

The online service is different - www.freshstart.direct might be worth checking that out...

stucknoue · 30/10/2019 13:37

My dd was offered funded online school because of the situation at her school (other kids at her school misbehaving caused such extreme anxiety she wouldn't attend, but we worked with the lea to get her back. I'm our case it wasn't her fault, I'm not sure our case would have been as strong if she was excluded.

scoobydoo1971 · 31/10/2019 22:11

My kids use myonlineschooling, and it is funded through Disability Living Allowance monthly payments. We like this internet school because they don't tie you into an annual contract so you can give notice on any subject (28 days I believe) and it can be cancelled. My daughter has SEN but she copes well with the online format. It won't be for everyone though and it won't work if your child is not motivated to learn and do homework. I have heard of local authorities funding online schooling in special circumstances, but I do think this is rare.

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