Hello Everyone, thank you all in advance for reading my post and for your supportive response to follow.
I have a 9 year old son who is in year 5 and has a diagnosis of High Functioning ASD - Asperger Syndrome, he also has motor difficulties and sensory issues. He is very intelligent but has fallen behind a year academically after he was taken out of school for a year as a result of severe bullying he endured from other kids. He has an EHCP and I am now very confused as to the best school for him for secondary. He struggles socially and can easily become a victim to bullying and so mainstream worries me for this reason, that he may not cope there. Other issue with a mainstream school is that they may not have the provision enough to help a child like my son and children with SEN usually just struggle in these mainstream school with inadequate support. I have seen this very good independent special school that meets all the needs of my son but I heard that going for Independent specialist school for HF ASD kids is really hard and will involve a long legal battle with the LA for funding and I can't afford the legal costs and also no time for it as he is due to start year 7 in Sept 2021. I am willing to relocate if it means we get the best school but not sure which one...Any advice? This is causing me sleepless nights and my anxiety is through the roof these days over it.
Thank you for reading