Funded home tutoring for school refuser

[selfieelf]

Has anyone managed to access funded home learning for their child?

I have a school refuser and understand that after 15 days of a absence she's entitled to a home tutor.

The school are reluctant to provide this and says she needs to be in school and "trying" before they can look at providing this. I'm at stalemate as she won't go in.

@alwaysscared I'm so sorry you're dealing with this too.

@10brokengreenbottles thank you that's all so helpful.

@NewMatress

I'm not sure that's helpful *@itsgettingwierd*.

ASR is a diagnosis. One which she'll need to access tuition via the LA. Our team need medical evidence to accept a referral.

That is helpful.

Go to any sen site anywhere about U.K. education and they all tell you not to say refusing.

When my ds tried to take his own life and couldn't attend school the school and la tried to say he was refusing and I was told not to accept that - and say he was too ill to attend due to MH.

Refusal is an active choice. Unable to attend isnt.

It's appalling that we need to be hyper alert of language when these schools and LAs know full well what we mean. Thank god for advice from others who've been there.

The duty is the same whether it’s school refusal or medical. The law says:

Each local authority shall make arrangements for the provision of suitable education at school or otherwise than at school for those children of compulsory school age who, by reason of illness, exclusion from school or otherwise, may not for any period receive suitable education unless such arrangements are made for them.“

You may find this helpful www.lgo.org.uk/assets/attach/1778/Focus-report-Out-of-school-Sept-2011-amended-Jan-2016.pdf

There are dozens of cases about councils and their section 19 duty on the ombudsman’s website.

You can certainly argue very strongly that school refusing and seeing mental health professionals is an illness. However op, I agree. The law requires dd is helped.

Just an update, sorry to jump on your thread again, but our head has referred my DS for home tutoring. Thinks it's only 5hrs a week, but it's something

Take a look at interhigh as well. Some LAs will fund a core package at interhigh. My son is sometimes too anxious for school so we switched in lockdown and he is thriving there.