Going for Statement - but little written evidence from school?

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I have been told over many years by my son's school that he will not get a Statement. He is now in Y4 and struggling a lot generally (tho academic achievements are ok). He has only just had an IEP (dec 11) when I asked yet again for one. I have not had any formal letters from the School about him/his extra provision/minutes of any meetings (tho there have only been 2 very recently). Nor (I believe) is there any record of when he was sent out of class/ran out of the class/ sent to the HT or DHT/refused to participate in lessons/sat in a corner reading a book etc

The School have made it plain that they think he should be medicated (we are now trying a second med). He is Aspergers, ADHD and dyspraxia.

My feeling is that he is not 'accessing the curriculum' and that I should be applying for a Statement myself as the School won't do it (surely it's better to apply and possibly fail, than not apply at all?)

But how can I support my application if the school can't provide any written evidence? What can I do? Does anyone have any advice about this situation?
Many thanks

Hi there,
my son just got a statement at the beginning of year 6. He is AS.
School did support us, but when I looked at the evidence I had I had quite a few other reports.
So do you have any of these which will help?
Ed Phyc report?
Outreach report?
Original Diagnosis report which shows his difficulties
Occupational therapy reports
CAF report?
Anything from any sports or other external activities he does which outline his difficulties?( or who will write something for you)
SALT report

When you apply for a statement you have to demonstrate that despite the strategies in place at school, what barriers still remain to his accessing the national curriculum.

download the SEN code of practice for guidance
look up the document called "getting the statement right" by ACE
look at the help on the IPSEA site
Look at the D of Education advice for schools when applying for statements to see what the criteria are so you can best show your evidence to demonstrate the things they want to see.