Do I send ds back to school

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My ds (6) in mainstream, is currently at home with me suspended. He is awaiting an ehcpna which had a ridiculous wait time and on the brink of being permanently suspended from school due to behavioural issues.He is a runner and can be extremely explosive towards staff and other children, he has a 1:1 for 2 hours a day as he's currently on a reduced timetable to reintegrate him back to full time but its not working. We are awaiting an adhd assessment which is a 3 year wait and he has traits of autism but not diagnosed currently. Yesterday my ds had an outburst and ran away from his t.a, he ended up leaving the school premises through a gate in the playground and was noticied by the grounds keeper who informed the staff to come and collect him while he watched where my son ran to and stopped. He is suppose to return to school next week and I feel uncomfortable about his return as this isn't the first time he has escaped off the premises but the furthest he has gotten to date. He is on the sen register at school and has an ILP and a risk assessment from his previous escape attempt. I'm at a total loss of what to do next or how to approach this situation My ds has no sense of danger and doesn't understand about the consequences of him running away and potentially getting hurt, I've tried multiple times to explain to him the risks but it makes no difference.

You should have a reintegration meeting arranged with the school. Use it to ask them how they are going to keep him safe - how did he get out? How are they going to prevent that happening again.

Ask what happened before he ran. What were the triggers? ABC can be a useful system for recording this information www.kentcht.nhs.uk/service/community-learning-disability-team/the-hop/my-behaviour/ ( there is a helpful downloadable version as well!)

Ask if they have sought support from external organisations - if yes, what did they recommend and have they followed the advice?

Ask about how well trained the ta is - would more training be helpful?

Keep it centred on how to support your child in school - generally this behaviour is a child expressing they are not happy!

We have one next week before he goes back into the school and I've asked today that I want an action plan in place because I don't feel safe with him going back, the gates weren't locked at that point approx half 9 and they where just locking up when he was spotted outside the school grounds. He was with the t.a attempting to get him to work when he fled through a door and across the playground, the t.a has been told not to chase him as it becomes a game but he's a massive flight risk.
We've had the learning behaviour team see him once but they where more focused on his tantrums so nothing as far as I'm aware from then about his running.
The t.a has been at the school years and is generally good with him but they put all his behaviour down to him trying to control everything because he will escalate when he doesn't get to do what he wants.
I've spent time in the school with him for support and he doesn't escalate or run when I'm with him, but we had just started the process of weaning him off me being with him when this happened.

Where are you in the EHCP process? Is the LA sticking to the statutory timescales?

In the meantime, if DS can’t attend school full time the LA must ensure he receives a suitable full-time education. How long has DS been on a reduced timetable? It should not be used to manage behaviour and should be short term aimed at reintegration. After this, if DS can’t attend full time alternative arrangements should be made either instead of part time school or instead of school if attending at all isn’t suitable. Personally I would be pushing the LA for provision under s19 of the Education Act 1996.

He's been on part time since going back after the half term about 8 weeks ago now, we are on week 18 of the ehcp process and it's approx 30 weeks for the EP to attend. It's being used as reintegration back into full time because of his behaviour currently and we have another review in approx 2 weeks to see if we can up his time as he's only attending for 2 hours currently. I requested the senco contacted AP last week and was told they would see what they could do.
I honestly have no idea what I'm doing with all this or what to do, I go in daily with him for the 2 hours as its the only thing stopping him being permanently excluded at this time

The LA is in breach of the statutory timescales. Anyone asked for advice and information should respond within 6 weeks of being asked. If they are going to issue, the LA must finalise within 20 weeks and in order to do so, should issue a draft by week 14. If they aren’t going to issue, they must inform you by week 16. If the LA genuinely can’t assess in-house within the timescales, they should commission independent advice. Waiting list, lack of staff/resources is not a lawful excuse for not complying with the timescales. Email the Director of Children’s Services reminding them of the statutory timescales. If that doesn’t work, email again threatening judicial review. Then, in that fails, contact SOSSEN for help with a pre-action letter.

If DS cannot attend full time, the LA must ensure alternative arrangements are provided. They have a statutory duty to ensure DS receives a suitable full-time education. Email the Director of Children’s Services about this too. And go through the same process as above if emailing doesn’t work.