What can I do if an EHCP has been in the “draft” stage for over 1 year?
Parent Asks: The Local Authority keep saying that they have consulted with over 50 provisions and that they have all come back and said they could not meet need. The …
Category: SEND Placement
What type of placement can be named in Section I of the EHC Plan?
Parent Asks: Our son is in a specialist nursery. Therefore, Section I states ‘specialist’ for the setting type. We were informed that for phase transfer primary school for September, they …
Can I be forced to send my child to a special school?
Parent Asks: We are being bullied into considering a special school for my child. My child is 8.5 years old, nonverbal and on the spectrum. we preferred a mainstream setting …
Can an alternative provision be named in an EHC Plan?
Parent Asks: Can a child who has successfully transitioned from an alternative provision to a specialist school have the alternative provision named in section I of an EHCP? The relationship …
How do I request a change of placement?
Parent Asks: My son is 14 and has complex special needs, including ASD, ADHD, Global delayed development, SCLN and extreme anxiety. He attends a local authority-maintained special school for pupils who …
Are the LA legally allowed to withdraw my son’s place at his current school whilst we are engaged in mediation?
Parent Asks: I have been working with the LA to identify a school for a couple of years. My son has high-functioning autism, ADHD, sensory modulation & is severely dyslexic. …
Is it true that a student with an EHCP can not attend an alternative provision for more hours a week than they are in school?
Parent Asks: A student is having a very successful placement at an Alternative Provision (AP) and we wish to increase this time as it is having such a positive impact …
Can the parents challenge the LA to force the school of their choice to take him?
Parent asks: A child in my school has had a draft EHC plan for over a year. The LA has consulted with all LA schools and even with independent schools, …
Can we name a school in an EHC Plan that is 2 hours away from our home?
Parent Asks: Our son (Y10) has an EHCP naming a local independent specialist school that has gone into liquidation. We are trying to find an alternative specialist school for him …
Can my child attend a school outside my local area?
Parent Asks: I would like my daughter to attend in a different borough to where we live. We have just completed the EHCP and have named a school. She is …
How do I move my daughter from a special school to a mainstream school?
I have SEN Child. She is studying in special school. We want to move her from special school to mainstream school. Can I do that? If I can, what I …
Can The College Force My Son To Attend A Placement Not Named In His EHCP?
Parent asks: My adult son has an EHC plan. It states his College and last year he studied a course with additional functional skills maths and English. This year the …
Can The LA Specify When A School Place Will be Available?
Parent asks: We have just named a school on my son’s EHCP following the annual review. He is currently in mainstream primary (year 4) and we have requested a specific …
Whose responsibility is it to source a new school?
Whose responsibility is it to source the next educational setting if the young person is moving on? Is it the LA’s, parents’ or school’s? Marguerite says: Law: The Children’s and …
What is an “efficient use of resources”?
Parent Question: Can you please explain what is meant by ‘efficient use of resources’ as in Section 39, 227 ? We are asking for a post 16 special school college …
Has our daughter been discriminated against by her choice of college?
Parent Question: My daughter who was 16 years old on 24th of August, attempted to enroll on a Level 3 Diploma in an Arts and Design course at college in …
Moving to a new area
Parent Question: Once you’ve had a post-16 transition review from Statement to EHC Plan and a school is named and young person starts on that new school, if the family …
Flexi-schooling for SEN children
Parent Question: I have been looking into flexi-schooling for my autistic son. I attended a presentation at the TES SEN show by the Hollinsclough school who advised their LA has …
I’m not happy with my son’s school
Parent Question: My son has spent five years in a special school BESD (Behavioural, Emotional & Social Disorder) primary. He has just started a mainstream secondary school. There have been …
When do the new SEND rules apply to us?
Parent Question: My local authority case officer has pretty much told me that until I have an EHCP, that the new Children and Families Act doesn’t apply to us. My …