Scared my son won't cope with full time school

[LadyDynamite]

My son is starting school full time in September. He already has diagnosis's of brain damage, autism, Possible ADHD, hearing loss, severe speech and language delay, cerebral palsy and global development delay. He has a my support plan in place. The school are scared he won't cope full time. (He's currently in their nursery) the pre5 service don't think he will nor do the hospital professionals involved. We've had the ed psychologist out who says he's ok because he can say a few colours and my son said 'you got glasses' (glasses are an obsession). He's aged around 22 months mentally but he's actually 4. Is there anything I can do? I keep getting mixed info from professionals and no real answers. It would be great if I could have some advice from anyone that's been through similar? Thanks.

Anyone?

The law requires that a child begin full time education in the term of their 5th birthday. This can only be deferred with the consent of the local authority, and even in this circumstance most authorities would still expect the child to rejoin the year group they deferred from. Makes no sense to me, but that is how it is done.

You can apply for specialist provision through an EHCP, stating that mainstream can't meet his needs. Given current timeframes I expect this will miss the current September start date, but it would still be worth doing. It doesn't sound as if you will lack supporting evidence of need.

I'd apply for an EHC needs assessment.

All the information is here:

www.ipsea.org.uk/what-you-need-to-know/ehc-needs-assessments

Children have to start full time education the term after their fifth birthday, not the term of their fifth birthday.

If you apply for an EHCP now, if everything goes smoothly it should be completed within 20 weeks, so at least in theory it could be completed by the end of August. However, local authorities aren't good at keeping to timescales and it will be complicated by the school holidays anyway. It's going to be important that they get the EHCP right, so you would be well advised to contact SOS SEN or IPSEA, and/or buy SOS SEN's booklet on EHCPs. If you have the right support in place, possibly in specialist provision, that will make a major difference to your child's ability to manage.

Im not in UK so don't understand your system but does he have to go to a mainstream school? Are there not special education schools or at least a special education unit attached to a mainstream where he would get very focused teaching? Thats what would happen here.