Honestly pulling my hair out at this stage.. my 6 year old SEMH DD got her ehcp back in 2023 when she was in mainstream. Budget was basically spent on her doing colouring in the hallway! Managed to be persuaded by Wandsworth LA to place her in a ASD base provision within a mainstream which I believed would help her but I was so very wrong! She started in September and got suspended for 3 days during her first week for “unsafe” behaviour which was trying to climb the gate at the front of the school to escape as she was extremely unregulated, got suspended after another few weeks for more “unsafe behaviour” and typical SEMH behaviour (which can I say it’s quite clearly outlined in her ehcp) school ended up deciding they categorically could not meet needs and we did an emergency annual review. It was decided that she would carry on at the current placement until the council found a more suitable setting, a few weeks later she was suspended again twice in one week and I could just tell her mental health was not in a good place at all for a little child it was just heartbreaking. I ended up pulling her out and the council arranged at home tuition and she goes to an alternative provision two days a week which she absolutely loves.
We’ve consulted around 35 Sen and semh schools now and the majority were full and a few couldn’t meet needs. Was offered a place at Bramley Hill in Tadworth then found a horrific article about the use of excessive restraint etc ended up posting on a Surrey Sen group and turns out the parents are still saying they are using excessive restraining!! Which isn’t going to help my daughter
where do I stand with the full schools???