I appealed dd's statement of SEN and successfully secured five more hours of TA support for dd. Yesterday at the meeting to discuss how and where the five hours would be implemented it quickly became apparent that the school had already asked dd where she wanted the support implementing and had already pencilled it in.
It's more than annoying because firstly whilst dd might have preferences it's not always well reasoned or well thought out. So she wants TA support throughout Music but her reason is that the TA could then speak to the teacher regarding grouping and performance. Whereas that could be sorted with communication between SENCo/TA and Music teacher anyway without the need to use one hour's support weekly in a lesson where dd excels and thrives so long as the teacher is sensitive regarding grouping and performance (and she is generally and always is if a difficulty is pointed out)
Alongside that the extra hours were secured to put in place specific programmes and also to remove some of the stress dd experiences with a timetable tweak and with 1 to 1 TA support during two "free periods" Instead rather than prioritising those two free periods dd is left twiddling her thumbs in the library unsupported whilst the TA "observes" during Music and Drama lessons (both lessons where she has more than managed previously without support and where the teachers have a good grasp on her difficulties)
So is it unreasonable of me to email SENCo today and say that so that dd sees a united front (because it's important that dd sees that school and home are in agreement) I will agree to the support being implemented as she chooses for the first half term in the New Year. But also add that I want a meeting to review this, without dd present, before next half term?