How do you get into a special school

[Skylar123]

As all the special schools admissions are based on children having statements , is that the only way you can get a child a place at a special school. So if you can't get a statement for your child they stay in regular mainstream and cope as best they can on SA+.
If they are not coping, Is it possible to get a recommendation from someone such as the school or autism advisory ,if so how does this work without statement?

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Who tells you your dc may need special school?

I was td by an ed psych at the meeting where dd2 was diagnosec

SEN law is geared towards inclusion, and Mainstream is the default provision for children with SEN. Sometimes a professional will hint that SS may suit a child, or may even suggest it as an option, but they have to be aware that the rights of a child to a mainstream education (in all but a very few circumstances) is law.

What happened for us, is that all professionals said 'MS with 1:1/MS with support' but the Statementing Officer wrote the statement in such a way that only a special school could meet the provision. If we had wanted her to go to MS, we'd have had to let her withdraw the proposed statement and reissue it with MS in mind.

Ok thanks when Ds was dx private he said mainstream fine with specific support . That was a year ago nearly.
He isn't going to school regularly now and things are starting to manifest themselves. I will wait see what communications disorder clinic say when nhs dx