sn education

[granny2]

can anybody help grandchild has dyslexia and across the board learning
difficulties. spelling and reading age 6years 3months,she is 9.also has speech problems. gets bullied ,now hates school. have been trying to get help from y1 now in y4 .it is like banging head against a brick wall

Is she on Schools Action or Schools Action Plus?

Does she have a Statement?

Has she seen an Educational Psychologist?

Does she have an IEP?

If you can tell us what steps you have tried to get help over the years we can probably suggest a way forward.

no to all the above,the school told us today they do not do iep they dont have funding, we had her tested for dyslexia our selfs.parent and partnership have
been into school but still not been offered any of the above. learning
support services have been moitoring her last time we had meeting she told us
she was never going to be top of class but she is a caring person so she would make a good carer when she leaves school. so mad like they have
her life mapped out already

her wrat spelling on 2-03-10 percetnile was 18th range low average
on 1-12-10 it was 3rd range low score

You should ignore school's lies about not having funding. If the need is proven the funding must be found. Forget about funding - that's their issue - not yours.

With school's attitude such as it is and with long-standing complex educational difficulties I would go immediately for an assessment that may lead to the issuing of a Statement.

Schools are supposed to apply for one when they have identified SENs and they can't support those needs from the small pot of money that the LA delegates to them to support those needs. From what school has told you - and the background you mnetioned, school will not being applying for a Statement any time soon.

So the child's mother has to take matters into her own hands and make her own application directly to the LA for an assessment that may lead to a Statement.

She is legally entitled to do so and the LA has a statutory duty to consider her application.

Here's a link to the IPSEA website showing you how she can apply:
www.ipsea.org.uk/What-you-need-to-know/Common-problems.aspx

School will try to put you off doing so but ignore them. School has conveniently ignored your grandchild's problems so don't expect any help from them. The child's mother needs to ignore the rubbish spouted by school and take control here.

Best wishes

thanks wetaugust do you know these percentile results mean nobody told us

Sorry Granny - I'm not a teacher but there will be someone on here who can translate them for you.

sorry that is what they mean

What are the school doing about the bullying? Do you have a copy of their bullying policy, if not request one. They can't legally refuse.

18th centile means that out of 100 children of your DGD's age, 82 would have scored higher and 18 lower. 3rd centile would have 97 scoring higher and 3 lower. The 'average' range is between about 15th centile and 85th, but I'd have to check that. 3rd centile is pretty low. Was this just for spelling?

Actually average seems to be measured between 23rd centile and 76th, so even 18th would be below average, not low average.

Local Authorities will often quote 2nd percentile and below as point at which a statement is required. However, this is only if this is the child's only issue and you are applying for a statement based purely on their learning difficulties. If you factor in other less severe learning difficulties and emotional problems caused by not having educational needs met in addition to severe specific learning difficulty (the dyslexia) and you have a good case for arguing that she needs a statement to support her needs.

It is in any case totally unacceptable that the school have not even produced an iep or acknowledged her needs in any way by the sounds of it. In some ways this will work to your benefit as legally they cannot justify this lack of action.

Try contacting IPSEA or SOSSEN, two charities who support parents of children with sen who can advise on the process of applying for a SEN and on the likelihood of you winning your case.

the report has only got the spelling result on it but she has sen across
the board. also speach problems and was told yesterday by
the teacher to talk properley. got anouther meeting today so will see what
happens today

Was told to 'talk properly!' Is this school worth fighting or would you be better off moving schools?