DS1 is 9, he has an 'unofficial' DX of AS from his Pead, but we are still waiting for an assessment for an official DX.
His proposed statement arrived a few weeks ago, which had no provision for 1:1 support. At the moment he receives 10 hours of 1:1 support from the LEA's emergency pot. This ends once the final statement is in place. DS is only at school for 3 hours aday, and is supported 1:1 for 2 of these. The plan is to shift his 1:1s hours gradually to build him back up onto something like near full time hours.
I sent a letter back challenging the decision on the statement not to provide DS1 with any further 1:1, and asking the provide me with the reasons, in writing, as to why a child on such a reduced timetable was being denied the support he needed to enable him to work towards being at school for more of the day.
They have just called me in reply to the letter, and said that having looked at Joshs needs again, they have decided that he should continue with his 10 hours support (great I thought!), however when I pushed this further it turns out the wording will be something along the lines of '10 hours support a week in 1:1 and small groups', she said this will be funded by the school and will be teaching assistant based. After more pushing she said that a small group would be around 5 or 6 children, and that they would not be specifing how much of this time would be 1:1.
So should I be pleased, or is this a back door way of making it look like DS will be getting some support?