Hello. Can anyone say up to how much one might end up paying to get one's child a satisfactory EHCP and then get it implemented? £5000? £10k? 50?
I appreciate it can be free, but this seems to be if you're lucky enough to live in an LA which is behaving decently, and maybe your child's disability is not an invisible one eg DCD which is what my child had and which many consider to be something easily managed in mainstream secondary school (although in our experience, it isn't).
There's also the issue of waiting for what can turn out to be unsatisfactory assessments from local NHS and ending up having to get private assessments done.
I know someone who has ended up paying £18,000 for his son's ehcp which included a SALT assessment, ed psych assessment, OT assessment, legal work up to and including lengthy tribunal and having to pay for the SALT and ed psych to come along to tribunal too.
Does anyone have an idea of what is a reasonable figure keep in mind before plunging in to the process?
The fact is, I want my child to attend a special school for GCSES and it costs £28k pa., unaffordable for us. But if we try to battle it out on the ehcp route, might we end up paying that on costs thereby negating the whole point of trying at all?
Any thoughts really appreciated. Thanks!