We have a draft EHCP which lists a lot of OT provision but the funding breakdown lists it as £50ph. We are in London and the therapists have to travel. We've been fortunate in that we've got a lot of sensory OT in there that apparently NHS OTs would not provide, but they did not send their own assessors in within the time frame - they have only my private reports. What do we do about the fact that the funding is way off what we'd have to pay? In a way I don't want to rock the boat, and wonder if it's best we just try to cram more into less time, as I think that if I push for double the funding they'll ask to reassess with an NHS OT and we'll end up with less. Do you sometimes have to be pragmatic? Similarily 1:1 support in lessons is listed for my son but once plan is finalised they will have to recruit so in reality there's likely to be a shortfall of hours in the period whilst they find the right person - is this common? Do you just have to try to stick to F as closely as you can? Sometimes a 1:1 will be sick/therapist can't make it etc. I'm new to it all so wonder how closely schools stick to section F in reality. Is there always an element of creative budgeting? Thanks for any thoughts on this...