I have a cunning plan

[anonandlikeit]

Many on here struggle to find a suitable school for their dc, with various dx & some without a dx... Anyway....
Here in Suffolk where the houses are pretty cheap, we have the countryside & the beach & its flat (for all the w/chair users) they are closing all the middle schools - so - my plan is.
You all move to sunny suffolk & we open a MN fully inclusive ASD, CP, GDD, Epilepsy, just a little bit quirky (add any dx) & NT if they want to come, School.

will you do hearing and vision impairments too? If so I'm in

Dam I'd have to trek back across countys again lol

OH yes, no entry criterea just individualised learning to meet the needs of the child & thier family.
No preconcieved ideas on ability based on dx No trying to force square pegs in to round holes.
Just loving nurturing environment where the family, staff & outside agencies work together to help the child to learn.

I'm off to rightmove Suffolk

Square pegs for square holes? Sounds fantastic! Count me in. Can I work in the Early Years bit too please?

Yes please!! See you have a job, now you can move.
The middle schools are due to close over the next 2 years so good quality vacant school buildings are available.

Sounds great.. Now we just need to link it to the short break project I have in the pipelines..

Tell me more, tell me more??
We could do with short breaks, suffolk has aiming high funding & activities unlimited but I have not seen much in the way of short breaks.

Maybe we can turn the caretakers house in to a respite house???

will you infiltrate the lea as well so we are guaranteed a place without any fighting? You weren't wrong about house prices were you!!!!

You get alot for your money here! Primary schools are generally undersubscribed as it is not very densly populated & plenty of pensioners - so getting in to out of catchment schools is not normally a problem so don't see why our MN school should be any different.

Well the plan is that sn families can get a break tbh.. Few spa treatments.. Mix with other families .. Things for the dc's to do ( sn and nt) .. Home from home but without the stares etc.. Mostly funded through corporation use of facilities during the week etc

dh and I are in the midst of " talks" at the moment..
There is a major lack ATM of this type of thing. So hopefully we will get if off the ground!

Sounds great, thats def something that could work in Suffolk as there is already a big leisure market to utilise.

Same here ( Somerset).. I can see why there is a lack of these facilities tbh.. Basically to make it available to as many as possible most of the cost has to be covered... A prospect most businesses won't tollerate... Or your looking at charity status...
But if you can fund it through a sideline business ie the corporate events and functions side.. It should work.

Ie being affordable for families and not bring a charity... Luckily I'm not the brains on the business end of it and have a very good group of people behind me.

Hell I just paint pretty pictures

anonandilikeit - we'd like to enroll! When do you open?????

Hey Mummy this is a team effort.. you mean when do we open

i'll come, im trained to work with kids to. all i need now is a house

I'm a teacher so I'll come and teach! DH too, so now you've got a French teacher and a DT teacher

Ah you see there's cheap and there's SE WAles

ANd Dh might struggle with the commute to Pontypridd

other than that though sounds a fab idea!

Arsenic where abouts are you? We're Bridgwater born and bred but ahd to move away- DH still does carnival though (may well have had this conversation, mind not working well atm!)

Sancti.. You do know me ( as mn goes).. I'm nearer Taunton way..
( used to be bcns.. And you really helped out via email when camhs dropped us)

AAAhhhh I see LOL

I can't bloody keep up, too old.

Shoudl this get off the satrting blovccks I will finsish my PGCE and cover RE if that helps?

Sancty.. It is proven that the sn boards parents brains age faster than anyone elses!

yup yup back to task.. I'll teach art

Cheap?! We could buy a 4 bed detached house with lots of garden, in our Co Durham village, for less than a 2 bed terrace in Suffolk!

If we sold our house, we might be able to buy a shed, perhaps...

Ahhh but its SUNNY & DRY in Suffolk - are you looking in the cheap small towns, have a look in Leiston or Saxmundham cheap as chips!

I'm loving this..
So far we have....
ART, RE, FRENCH, DT
Early years,

Any more clever people out there?

Ouryve... Gee whizz .. I have just been comparing house prices..up north is very well priced!

Anon.. Dh can teach communication skills.. Although that would be touch typing and morse code! Not sure that helps.. But he is the most patient man I have ever come across. ( am trying to sell dh )