How long did your statutory assessment take?

[Crawling]

Is it always 26weeks how long was yours?
Did you get the support you wanted?

Mine took 26 weeks as they followed the timelines exactly. I got an okayish statement I thought at the time but the it all fell apart 6 months later but that's another story!

It took 26 weeks although I did reject the first two proposed statements. I did have to wait longer than I would have liked for the statement planning meeting with the school and by the time a TA had been employed I would say it was a whole term on top before the full statement was in place.

I sent the letter on September 1st, had the final statement on January 20th. 20 weeks from start to finish, including naming the Special School I wanted.

It took us over a year from first request to getting a finalised statement, that we are still appealing the content and placement of too. Hopefully everything will be sorted in around 4 weeks though so total time in that circumstance will be 1yr9mths. We had to appeal at every stage so far though the LA gave in without a hearing previously at each point once the tribunal paperwork was lodged.

Thanks all keep em coming.
Lougle was that statement for your dd that youve been recently struggeling to get support for?

No, that's the Statement for my DD1, who was pre-school age at the time.

Her timeline was:
2yrs 9months -flagged SN
2yrs 10 months -1:1 support for all sessions through Inclusion funding
2yrs 10 months -emergency referral to hospital after collapses
2 yrs 10 months -Consultant care - EEG, ECG, CT, MRI, 24hr Tape, SALT, OT, etc arranged
3 yrs 1 month - Epilepsy dx, CT clear.
3 yrs 1 month - Portage referred
3 yrs 5 months - 'Squiffy brain' dx from MRI
3yrs 9 months - informed INCO that I wasn't waiting for her to sort herself out and would apply for SA myself
4yrs 1 month - Statement finalised, Special School place confirmed.

Thanks Lougle I was about to give you a wayhay as I though youd resolved your problems you were having.