So fed up and angry. It's an aspergers special school. They told the LA before Xmas they could not meet his needs as I had sent them the working document with all the OT needs in and because of this said they couldn't meet his needs.
School didnt tell me u til last week. Spoke to them again and after taking advice from my OT reassured them and they said thats fine we can meet his needs. Final submissions today and la send me a letter the head wrote on Friday saying no still can't meet his needs and again he didn't think to contact me!
La are trying to name a mainstream school with asd unit. One one hand says its a specialist school placement so no access to autism outreach but then go on to say that he will be in the mainstream full time. He is now completely out of school because he cannot cope in his present school. This school twice the size. Every single report states he needs a specialist school place. LA obviously seized that as my school said no as did another special school than of course a mainstream can meet his needs??!, my son previous went to this school and we embed him after 6 weeks as it was so poor so they are trying to place him there again! The head said he flourished when he was last there - a complete lie as I removed him!
No way will he go back there plus he will be there for 2 years only.
I have an independent school coming to assess him tomorrow . It was the school I originally considered but went for the other school as thought it would be an easier fight but I got that wrong! Independant school can meet all of his needs, other children in county go but of course it's expensive £40k a year compared to the LA £18k hen the transport going to be pretty expensive.
So fingers crossed the assessment goes okay tomorrow and then I have the nightmare of trying to name another school. I have no doubt the LA going to ask for an adjournment if I do but everyone keep everything crossed for me.