Hi, this is my first post, so I'm not quite sure if I'm in the right place.
DS is 11 and is in yr7 at SEN High School.
He attended a mainstream primary.
He's been awarded 3hrs a week direct payments for a Personal Assistant, and his old 1-1 teaching assistant from primary school asked if she could do it.
We thought that this would be a brilliant idea, as DS and her have always had a great relationship, and I'd feel comfortable leaving him in her care.
We set everything up and she was due to take him out for the first time next weekend, when she called me to say that she's been told she's not allowed to do it.
Her employer, DS's old school, have told her that because he's a former student, she's not supposed to have contact with him!
Apparently its a conflict of interest, and a safeguarding issue.
The teaching assistants at his current school are PA's to pupils there, so I'm confused by what they are saying.
When I called the council to cancel everything, they said that had never heard of anything like it either.
Does anyone know if they actually have a right to say what she can or can't do in her own time?
Thank