Private Prep School not meeting SEN expectations! How to get out?

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Private prep not meeting child SEN needs that they have pointed out.. no follow up meetings as requested..
they never come back to me in a timely manner on email and avoid actual meetings, not friendly or warm, very cold. We had one meeting last year but have had nothing in writing from them. I want to remove my child asap - have now made the decision to remove our child (as the way they are treating us is worse by the day, missing child bag, not helping him get stuff) and are legible for first full term fees!

any advice? Can we avoid this somehow?

thank you in advance x

Is this the child who is in the nursery of the prep school?

Do the school currently believe that they are or can meet your child’s needs? Do they hope your child will continue at the school or do you think they are hoping you will leave? Do you have alternative plans in place?

Sorry for all the questions! I’m trying to get a sense of how you should have play it if you see what I mean.

If they were not aware of your child's needs when they accepted him, but now are and can't meet those needs (for whatever reason) then is there not a clause in your contract that says you can withdraw without penalty? If not, then you will just have to withdraw immediately to a school that can meet his needs and deal with the lost term's fees.

You will get more targeted answers in SEN education https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/special_educational_needs . Good luck

Private schools are notoriously awful for SEN they don’t want to deal with it and they don’t want other parents being in anyway inconvenienced or alarmed. They’re all about the ‘mass experience’ and would much rather lose a SEN child in the early years than multiple other children later on because the SEN child caused issues.

I have an ASD son. We looked at private, they were pretty transparent tbh

Private schools are overseen by an inspectorate (ISI) they need to be functioning with regard to any policies they have, for example they should have a complaints policy - ask for it - and this should say the time frame in which they should respond to parental complaints etc. They should have an SEN and inclusion policy, ask for this as well.
Don't let them looking to charge you full term fees mean that you leave your child there when you know that the right thing is not happening for them. Look to withdraw citing their shortcomings and possible failure to follow their own policies.
Now, the only caveat to all this is that I'm not 100% certain ISI cover prep schools but I'm sure they must, in the same way that Ofsted cover state schools.