schooling what would you choose?

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ds starts school next sep he will b 4 the month before.
all the professionals involved agree he has asd (poss aspergers) and adhd. although not formally diagnosed paed has written to chair of sen panel to say he is to be treated as if he does have diagnosis for both.
my 2 local schools are both good, both 2 form intake and oversubscribed or there is a communication and interaction unit attached to a smaller outstanding school on the other side of town. the unit ha social groups, salt, ot, horseriding etc and does some intergration into mainstream.
ds is bright esp with numbers but obviously suffers from the triad of impairments related to asd and is incredibly active due to his adhd. any advice on where to send, am applying for statement with pre school, ed psychs, paeds, advisory teachers and salts backing. don't know whether to request mainstream 1:1 or apply for place at Communication and Interaction Unit.

You need to apply directly to the LA for an assesment that may lead to a Statement.

You can't be expected to know whether ms or sn school is the best for him until you have had the assessment that will identify all his difficulties and detail the support he will need to support him.

Best wishes

Agreeing with wetaugust that an assessment by the LA/ed spych would give you a lot more information about your son's educational needs.

Is there any possibility of you visiting the schools so you can get a feel for how they'd suit your child. It would be useful to meet the SENCO in particular, since even "good" schools aren't necessarily so clued up and supportive when it comes to SEN. On the other hand, one of them might actually turn out to have a fantastic attitude which makes it stand out over and above the other when it comes to your son's needs.

The school with a unit attached does sound like a great option but you might have to work harder to get your son into there without a statement.

I would go for the unit and move him nearer when he has proved can manage in mainstream - if you have a statement they can overrule the class sizes and the limit only applies to infant classes anyway, a place will come up in juniors if you don't want to trek across town long term, but the facilities at the unit sound too good to turn down. Our local unit has children who excel at maths and because of the small class sizes they can do more advanced maths than they would in mainstream

Can you please advise re transfering statements across LEA's. My DS(ASD DIAGNOSIS) will hopefully get a statement from LEA where we live now but the school where I would like him to go to is run by a different LEA?

You don't get a Statement in response to any particular DX. Statements are awarded to support actual identified difficulties.

The LA will prefer him to go to a school within their own area so you'd need to make a good case as to why he needs to go to a schol within a different LA.

Actually - without the full assessment that is part of the process of obtaining a Statement you can't tell which school will be suitable for him.

Concentrate on getting the ststement