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Please can anyone suggest good ms schools both primary and secondary in east herts?

Why? Are you moving there?

No already here.

Oh. Well no school in Herts is good for ASD as they are all heavily influenced by their LA. However, Downfield runs in a fairly structured way that children with ASD might find useful and they have a SALT unit on site which might increase the overall level of understanding about language issues.

Thanks where is that I haven't heard if it. None at all...not even secondary? My goodness what will become of my boy in this poopy area. So basically i would have to pay private or get a statement to get a half decent school around here.

Just googled it...is it chestnut. Too far I'm more over St. Albans way.

How old is your ds?

He is 7 yrs year 3 . Got a while yet for secondary but I'm thinking ahead

St. Albans isn't east Herts.

In that case, the Lea in Harpenden, - you might get in there even if you don't live on top of it. But usually you have little chance of getting a place at anything other than your closest school or two without a statement.

How Wood is also an option.

Is he not in school?

Oh isn't it ?stupid me sorry
There is no way he could go to closet sec sch they would rip him to shreds . Thanks star I will look at how wood I think I know it

Good luck.

I don't know enough about your situation, but with Herts, you'll get further if you feign denial about your ds' disability.

Oh ! You mean pretend he is not on the spectrum? Sorry I'm confused but interested as you are far more knowledgable than me

They like the 'outreach model' of partnership working. Where they come in and tell you what to do and you are everso grateful. The more grateful you are for their wisdom and the more you come across as not fully understanding the consequences of the disability, the more they will support you.

Demonstrate you have even an ounce more knowledge than them about your child and you go onto their list of 'difficult parents of children with ASD who are obsessed with their children due to their own undiagnosed ASD'.

That is my experience.

Have you been in touch with HARC?

harc-online.org.uk/

And this piece of research shows better what things are like in Herts:
harc-online.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/A-survey-of-the-education-of-children-with-autism-in-Hertfordshire1.pdf

I haven't actually been in touch with harc but I have read the survey before (thanks for attaching) it's very disturbing.

I'm getting more clued up everyday so I guess I will be on the difficult parent, neurotic mother list soon