Have you been to appeal for SA refusal

[flowwithit]

Have to appeal now but do we have a chance if school aren't helpful. They want him to leave really and they dont deal with aspergers well but he desperately doesn't want to and at nearly 13yrs I don't want to force it. He says if he has to move he won't go to school at all. We have reports and everything but I'm tired of all the closed doors and lack of help.
If you have been through appeal Is it worth the fight?

Yes. If they think you might name another school they might be more helpful.

They nearly always pull out close to the date.

Sick the appeal in. You have nothing to lose. You can always look for another school. Change is difficult but even a statement won't make a school that doesn't care, care.

It will be 5 or 6 months before you get a hearing date so plenty of time to think about next steps once the appeal a filed,

5 or 6 months! Didn't know it might be that long

yes - from submitting the appeal to hearing date is 22 weeks. i submitted mine on 12th sept and the hearing date was 12 february so was exactly 5 months.

I've printed off the ipsea doc so I will get reading again. It's all the waiting that really does my head in. I wish CAMHS had done their job properly and Dx at 7 then we might have had all this done. I think he will be leaving school by the time we get it sorted. I'm wondering if he will ever benefit from all this

He will. If you get statement, it'll convert to one of the govt health-education-care-plans when the new law comes in. Which will divert post-16 SEN resources towards 'plan' dc. Without one he'll probably get nothing bar a quick chat for NEETs at 16 or 18, then a brief period of JSA and some job-centre course (or nothing at all, leaving you to provide full time material and social support)

And the plans last till age 25 so will go through 6th form /college / uni and hopefully into the first job.

Thanks. That makes me feel better about it. I know everyone else has this too but I'm just feeling a bit blah and drained. I will pull myself together and get on with it!