Hi, First time here (or on any other forum!) but have been lurking for over a year and now need help. My grandson (DGS) is ASD and additional needs. He is 3.6 and due to start school in September. He is non verbal and we are having private speech and OT as LA provision is almost non existent. We asked for him to be deferred for a year as he is developmentally about a year to 18 months behind and his birthday falls 2 days before the cut off date for next September. We wanted morning nursery place in a maintained school and 2 afternoons a week private language/ASD unit (which we are paying for at the moment). Proposed statement arrived with part 3 saying 'to be advised'. Went to meet with LA officer this morning but meeting was cancelled 15 mins before start as she was ill. Managed to get into the office and persuaded a colleague to look up result. They have refused deferrment, refused place in private unit and offered MS in September with a TA for 26 hours. Their SALT provision is 10 sessions over the year, to be used to assess DGS and then 'train' the TA. No actual one to one therapy. No OT provision in part 3, just mentioned in part 5 and 6 that the LA OT will 'advise and monitor'. WTF! So they expect DGS to start school, without being able to even say his own name, and a TA will provide his therapy. Please someone, tell me we can appeal this? You ladies are my last resort, IPSEA have never answered their phone in the 3 months I have been calling them. Parent Partnership are nice but obviously part of the LA. Hoping for some good advice. LA are calling Monday to re-arrange the appointment and we would like to go as prepared as possible. Can't believe we now seem to be looking towards a tribunal. I had hoped to introduce myself to you all today and thank you for all the info I've got from here over the last year since diagnosis but sadly will now have to put that off for a while!