Statement, does it continue if I HE?

[akaemmafrost]

Ds has a full statement, 32 hours one to one etc. The statement is reviewed annually as far as I am aware. Does this continue to happen even though I have decided to HE ds? I had to as his anxieties and terror at school were totally unmanageable. Will I be able to change my mind and ask the LA to provide a school at some point if we feel that would be best?

To be honest pulling him out was a knee jerk reaction to an intolerable situation and I need to know where we stand now from a legal standpoint. Can they retract ds's statement because I am HEing him?

Sorry if this sounds confused, have been up since 4 am thinking about this and am exhausted. Would be grateful for any advice and information. Thank you.

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I don't have specific experience (we had to rescind dd2's statement because we were moving abroad for a period -we were told that we would have to reapply when we returned) but there should still be any health services available, although there may be differences in method of provision (ie you might need to go to the clinic for slt instead of it being done in school, ditto physio, or etc) I'm assuming he has camhs support outside of school anyway, so that shouldn't be affected.

Obviously the1-1 support is not relevant, you have decided to provide that yourself in choosing to he. It might help if you could clarify which parts of the statement you are keen to continue - and the reasons for deciding to he. If the child has been removed from school because they are medically unable to cope (anxiety and stress can be corroborated by health professional/ camhs etc) then you may be entitled to some educational support for a few hours a week ( sometimes a tutor will visit the house, otherwise the lea might offer a place in an external unit)

Essentially they are not under any particular remit to provide any educational support unless you can prove that you were forced to he as your child can not attend school for x,y,z reason.

A lot depends on how friendly your lea are, though. And what ds's professionals think about your decision to he. If they all collaborate and agree that he can not attend school due to his mental health issues, then the lea should offer you some support, but it is likely to be only for a relatively minor percentage of the usual school attendance hours. There's very little chance they will offer ft tuition for 32 hours at home....

There are a fair amount of yahoo groups for home Ed /sn kids I think, might be worth asking them how they best deal with the system? I bet there will lots of advice.

My statemented kid is happily in school, but we are toying with he for ds1. (just ADHD, anxiety, some social difficulties). We will just be autonomous though as he doesn't qualify for any particular support.

You can change the statement to 'education otherwise' but to do that you have to prove that the LA cannot offer any alternative adequate and an more cost effective solution.

Some people win 40 hours of tutor time at home a week which runs through the holidays, but this is extremely hard won and expensive to fight for.

Hi i think you will still "have" the statement (for however long they last) because we have been trying to get my son statemented (he is HE) on and off for the past 3 years .

We are currently just starting again now...its gone a little further this time as we are just begining assessment .

I do know though that we didnt/dont get any support at all from the LEA.

Hi, I am a HEing parent and yes your child will still have a statement whilst HEing. If your child attends a main stream school then you can request their name removed from role and Education Otherwise as place of education.
If your child has a special school named on their statement, it's a whole different ball game...you have to seek permission to HE and they can say no.
TBH in my experience and personal opinion, if you are wanting to HE then I would try to get rid of the statement unless you are only doing it for a limited time. LEA can enforce you to do things a certain way which goes against the reasons for HEing...which is to do things in a way that your child can cope with. I haven't heard one positive comment about having a statement whilst HEing during the 4 years I have been doing it, and as soon as we decided to HE, we stopped all statement assessments as advised to do so. Proved to be very wise advise.
I hope it all works out. You might wish to visit Education Otherwise website and have a look at the SEN section. It is very helpful.

All the best

Hi neasels.....i asked if the statement would make any difference if i decided to continue HEing or a placement for my son didnt work out and ive been told it wont........just worried now as dont want to be made to do anything.

PipinJo ..hi yes but i was checking that if i wanted to go back to home ed i didnt want to ask permission or have anyone checking up on me (think it meant losing the statement though as you said).

I am going to try my son in a unit for autism (IF he gets a place) but if things dont work out or he isnt happy i want to go back to HE without a fuss really.

PipinJo....LEA have been awful as was the HT of the school we tried,wat do you mean by fund the HE ?

I enjoy the HE but my son does get very lonely and doesnt want to try to join groups ......we always thought he is the type of child that would do well in a small school but there arent any places in schools around here my granddaughter should have started school last september but because her mum didnt want the school they offered they have said there arent any spaces left in any other schools.

My sons name should have been put forward for this unit over a year ago but someone forgot so he never got the opportunity.