Son being forced back to mainstream whilst waiting for special school placement

[OscarBilly]

Hi,

My son has Autism and has severe language processing problems. He currently processes language at 2 years and 4 months but is seven next month.

I have found a place for him at a special school but until the statement is finalised etc. etc. blah. bloody blah -red tape blah. blah, I am almost being forced into making him go back to his main stream school until a placement becomes available.

My choice is the above or home school (and drop out of the system) or pick another mainstream school!!!!!!

Any ideas??

Also, I am currently sporting a serious black eye (from a six year old) and am single and really struggling to keep us both safe!!

Thanks
OscarBilly

Is the school private or state?
You say "forced to go back" does that mean he is out of school now? If so why and what education is he currently receiveing?
SEN Code of Practice 8.23 forward refers.
I would strongly advise not to home school under these circumstances.

flexi school.

DS did mornings only for a term while we waited for tribunal/provision to be put in place. (School insisted & looking back it was the right thing to do).

It was all he could handle wthout appropriate support & was evidence of what he needed at Tribunal.

Does the LA agree to the special school placement?
If so and its just a case of delaying then you can refuse to put in mainstream as LA have agreed it cannot meet his needs. You can also refuse to home ed as you have no legal obligation. You can insist LA provide home tuition. See report on local government ombudsman website 'out of sight out of mind' or look at details on exclusions on IPSEA website and will tell you the number of hours home tuition you are entitled to.
Its about 25 hours.
You may find once you ask for home tuition in the waiting period, that the statement gets sorted out rather suddenly. Of course if the LA are saying needs can be met in mainstream thats a lot more tricky and you should ring IPSEA for advice.
In some cases they can place in special school without a statement - look at SEN code of practice on emergency placements.

we didnt get around to flexi schooling this was suggested but they didnt have a place available at the time so I went beserk as they left him without a school or anything at all for a half term so they sent a tutor to our home untill the statement was finalised and he had a place at his present special school

Great, thanks but no, I am waiting for the panel to agree it! It is definately needed but you know the politics and red tape rubbish. Can I still do as you suggest without them agreeing that a special school is necessary?

State school and I had no choice but to take him out as they could only offer him 1 and 1/2 hours per day after a temporary exclusion. I could not get him there safely so had to remove him. He was a different boy after taking him out.

He is currently at the local playgroup as he can at least communicate with the 2 and 3 year olds and he must socialise, however, he clearly needs more and does not have the strict routine and discipline that a primary school can offer and has started becoming very stressed, unhappy and violent again.....

Thanks
Ally

I have not heard of flexi school before. Is this something that the LA will recognise and can I say that as I am worried that once back at the main stream, (although I don't think it will last long!) they will say he can cope etc. etc... ???????

Thanks
Ally