Bollocks - Junior school have rejected DS...

[HairyMaclary]

... what's our next step? Just had confirmation that the junior school we placed as first choice has rejected DS (on shaky and unclear grounds). Am not quite sure how to proceed. The LEA are approaching our second choice but we were not very impressed with it when we went and have since heard some things about it that make me very concerned.

I think we can appeal, although whether we would want to is another matter. I wish they had told us when we went round, rather than being the most welcoming school we have been in, saying nothing was a problem and being very friendly. Heaven knows I've been on the receiving end of school saying 'no' verbally, although always in carefully chosen words, and if I'd got even a hint of it from them we wouldn't have applied. AARggh.

I have a week before we spend 8 weeks in hospital with DS and by then its the summer term. I can't quiet understand why, his new statement gives him 28 hours (which is a minor miracle!) and he won't really need them all. It's almost entirely a motor problem.

AARgh it's just bollocks - I'm cross!

That is good news.

I have to say that my DS got his statement when he was 5 and is now 12. He has never been reassessed so anyone looking at the statement paperwork would see the reports of a 5 yo. The statement has been 'tweaked' through the years but all the supporting 'advices' are still the same. I can see this problem happening really often with schools who aren't on the ball, if they are ploughing through all the statement evidence.

Thanks all - it's a huge relief. I can see the problem with that EllenJane but DS had been specifically reassessed for this school move, as it is out of a unit to MS, so they should really have got it right. Never mind, all done now!

Blimey, that makes it worse. Definitely feel a letter coming on...

Congratulations! What a relief for you! :-)