Panel decision tomorrow - what do you reckon

[fightingtheLA]

will be their reason for refusing? Have already refused 4 years ago for reasons which I know now were just fob offs.

Fighting, exactly, the LA will try to get out of abiding by the legal criteria, you just follow that legal criteria and so will a tribunal and so will the LA once they realise you know your stuff.

Not sure if i have cat anymore or not, i did have it.

Just take my email [email protected]

Cheers Claw - will be in touch shortly. I just 'phoned again to clarify what she meant by criteria and did it relate to Nat Curriculum. Said it did and that the criteria could be found on-line. I said I had copy of Sencop and wasn't aware this was a criteria! Asked if this was my LA's criteria or National criteria. She said she thought it was National but not too sure as only did admin side of things (she's called a Caseworker). Will have to ask her manager who is currently on annual leave. Letter has been sent to me so when I receive this will use your template response and be asking the questions. Thanks again for all your help.

Fighting, you also need to know what details school provided them with. If they are backing your request, im assuming they are also saying he isnt making progress etc, etc.

What school are saying is vital to your case ie further evidence for you to use. Get a copy as soon as you can.

Ds has CAMHS appointment and im going to pick him up from school now. Then have a college interview with older ds. Will check my emails tonight and send you a copy of what i have

Sent you an email, hope attachments are of some help to you.

Just seen email Claw. Brilliant. Will be really useful.

Oh and sent you mail back with a question.

I'd maybe be a bit concerned that your being told he is meeting national curriculum requirements - can they show you how, where, how often.

I mention this because I was given my sons summative assessments by one school, in lieu of his educational records. There was significant differences between the work even though it was marked at the same level; all the work was also homework (told by one teacher that when marking he looked at the previous level and moved the mark up by a whole level or sublevel depending on how much progress he thought child had made).

Because the next school wouldn't recognise son's difficulties I took a number of tacks with homework which I thought would be used for assessment purposes; left child to complete on own, level 3, I provided the usual amount of support level 4, I completed one piece entirely on my own level 7 (accepted). Reported end of year grades 4, 5, 6; which proved the child didn't need help - then I asked for summatively assessed work and told the school what we'd done, also queried why two subject grades reflected the higher levels child achieved while the subject where level 7 achieved was lowered (they can't answer). Suddenly they are a bit more helpful, though still trying to fob me off.

I have also tried to get all of last years assessed work remarked - guess what nobody is prepared to do it. Spoke to QCDA, LEA, LEA Curriculum Inspector, SENCO and child's tutor asked two colleagues. When I asked SENCO during a phone conversation I was told they didn't do AFL at school; she got off the phone PDQ. At a later meeting I asked what they use to mark if not AFL. Backtracked, denied that she'd said AFL not used, blah blah blah, grading still not explained. So despite only being given a level descriptor on reports it appears nobody can explain how that level was achieved .

Maths is the same, bumped up every KS test, meeting the schools needs not my childs.

Abusing level descriptors is just another means of fobbing you off an 'proving' your child doesn't need help, is making progress.