If there is a type of placement in section I, DS doesn’t have EOTAS/EOTIS. With EOTAS/EOTIS, section I should be blank.
Since being here, I have tried to find alternative provision, but they’re either full or not the right age group.
When you say this, do you mean alternative provision? Or do you mean another school setting? Because alternative provision doesn’t have to be provided via a formal alternative provision setting/provider. If you mean the latter, unless the school is wholly independent, on its own being full is not enough of a reason to refuse to name your preference.
When you move LA with an EHCP, the new LA becomes responsible for the EHCP on transfer. The EHCP transfers on the day you move or within 15 working days of the LA becoming aware if that is later. This includes funding the placement in section I if attending is still practicable. If it isn’t practicable for DC to continue to attend the named placement or there isn’t a placement named, the LA must make other arrangements for education, including the provision in F.
Within 6 weeks of the date of the transfer, the LA must inform you when they will review the EHCP. This must be within 12 months of the previous AR or 3 months from the date of the transfer, whichever is later.
If the LA isn’t providing the provision in F, isn’t providing a suitable full-time education under s19 provision (assuming DS is CSA), hasn’t informed you the EHCP has transferred and/or hasn’t held the AR, you need to chase them. Urgently. If they ignore you, you need a pre-action letter.
At the moment, it doesn’t sound like you have the right of appeal. You need the LA to hold an AR meeting. Following the AR process, you will get the right of appeal. You don’t appeal to the LA; you appeal to SENDIST.