Annual review now cancelled

[AttilaTheMeerkat]

Argh,

I get back off a nice holiday and now this!.
My situation is as follows:-

Have received phone call from secondary school today (DS is now in Y7. Y6 annual review took place a few months before the end of Y6).

Come Y7 Mr M and I attend a SIP (Statement Implimentation Plan) with the SENCO for High school. This turns out to be quite a long and detailed discussion about his Statement, IEP and how they are going to support him there. This is all fair enough, we are still happy with the level of support DS is receiving and they have explained in detail how they are going to deal with him there.

However, school have told me today that the AR which should happen next Feb 2011 is now cancelled as the county's rules have changed. School are going to use the information from the SIP along with our comments (the AR paperwork for that will be sent to us) and transfer that to the Statement paperwork that County now demand is completed. Therefore the AR gets pulled.

Whilst I do not want to antagonise the school and the above is beyond their control and not their fault, was wondering what if any recourse there now is.

Have tried IPSEA but to no avail yet.

Suggestions welcomed!.

What LA? PM if you don't want to publically say

SEN Code of Practice is very very clear about procedure for Annual Reviews and who has to be invited, how many weeks before the review reports have to be in etc. etc. and what you're describing is no replacement at all for that!

Will be watching thread with interest Attila. I am in your county as you know and ds will be going to secondary next year. As giveme says Sencop lays out what should happen annually so cannot see how the LA can suddenly change the rules. I would be asking for the new 'rules' in writing from the LA.

Hi,

The more I think about this the more furious I have become. I hate ARs as much as the next person but this is the first time this has happened (and hopefully the last). Who else have they done this to?. Mr M and I should have a say!!!. Sending us the paperwork is not good enough and school are going to get a polite but firm bollocking from me tomorrow.

I have put in another phone call to the school this arvo (was half asleep this morning due to jetlag but have got over that now). I will also ask for county's "new rules" to be sent over to me.

I think I shall also be speaking to that lot called SENAPS to find out what their view is on all this.

Lougle - Basildon are behind all this fwittery.

Do you mean IPSEA were no help, or that yiu couldn't get through?

Can't get through to IPSEA, phone line always engaged.