has anyone encountered this please?

[SanctiMoanyArse]

Went to look around comp for ds1 last night, the one he goes to if the SN placement falls through (something like a 1:15 chance of a place at AS base)

Now, we were really unimpressed in that SEN / AN weren't mentioned during the whole tour or rpesentation at all, and ds1 hated some very basic things- such as the smell from the food tech that permeated the palce and amde him unable to enter the room.

When we asked we were taken to the SEN support room and the teachers were lovely and clearly cared but

it's tiny; size of my living room for a school over a thousand kids. they were supposed to be extended but lost out in cutbacks (not the famous ones, we are in Wales)

So they deal with it thus:

All kids are randomly assigned to a form, one of eight. Regardless of statement etc.

Only half the forms (picked by random) can access any SEN help at all, again regardless of statement.

WTF?????????????????????????????

AS it was school was a bit hmmmmm about ahving ds1 anyway, becuase of his need for lunchtime / break supervision. But this 505- help thing- er what?

doesn't sound good does it, don't suppose there is any other option? We've been looking at schools for ds1 who's on SA+, have come across different approaches but not complete pot lot 50/50 chance of help, tis odd They have a legal duty to provide requirements of a statement, no way round it, sounds more like they are trying to discourage you from sending him there.

She actively said they coudnt meet his needs wrt to lunchtimes and supervision

But there's no other school I can possibly access when taking into account the SNU pick up for ds3, nursery and primary (at a local school) for ds4 and the fact that ds2 will need to go to lcoal comp

that's crap sancti, don't understand why schools are deliberately obstructive it's so frustrating.

surely that's illegal having an arbitrary system like that? and LEA aren't going to be thrilled if giving out funding that's not being used for the right purpose.....

I ahve e-mailed L:EA to sy that I am sure i have misunderstood...

tehy also very clealrlya ssessed access to help is done by maths only: thats ok with ds1 but should ds3 end up tehre (a vahue possibiility, should I die and they walk over my dead body) that he'd miss out becuase but the oasis of ability in his ASD is being 3 years ahead on maths.

FGS

Sounds like they were trying to put you off. any way there are any alterations to SNU pick up, after school clubs etc, that would give you another option to look at?

DS1- well I woudln;t place another child in after school care with him: I asked him if he would go and he said no but he would kill someone if it stopped it.

He also couldn;t access whole areas becuase of the smell from the food tech areas. And if he goes and ds2 goes next eyar, they both need SEN attention; ds2 is not statemented but can barely write. If they share a room.... well let's say demolition portion of new building costs are covered! What he does to ds2 is clearly absusie, SSD know this, we told them.

I must get working mustn't I? Clarify things with PP (he's a good man() and then go from there

(Primary doesn;t do after school; last Head didn;t want to tattract (quote) 'those kinds of parents' and new Head hasn't moved on it)

'those kinds of parents' you mean busy or working ones - like himself? Cheeky g*t

Herself (even worse, no?)

Yes

cheeky git indeed

do you think you'd get anywhere requesting transport on the statement or would that not suit? Even if just for a year until ds2 joins ds1.

Probably not; the journery from here to school takes twice as long by car as on foot due to one way system LOL (it's about ten minutes to wlak, although school pick ups for all the otehrs takes half an hour)

The LEA taxi would then get home before me

(I do appreictae the ideas though)

What about kids share scheme? you take and pick up someone else's and vice versa. Or paying for someone to take a DC (whichever one) and not necessarily in £?

Good ideas but thee simply isn't anyone I can ask- BUT that's alegely our afult s it's oisolation that causes it (I gave up, one too many angry parents from where ds1 had hurt people)

Am ging to follow Starlight's idea and submit all this to the Panel first tehn see where we end up.