Published on 12, July, 2020
hi, my son recently started secondary school year 7 and the ehcp is very delayed due to his primary school (which have been very unhelpful while he was there) leaving it 2 to 3 weeks before the summer holidays to fill and send off the application, the secondary school has only just received a draft copy of the ehcp and due to the results/outcome are saying that they cannot help him with his needs etc as it states he needs a high coin school which they are not and have said i now need to looking into this but i kinda don't know where to start or what help i can get with sorting and arranging all this, they also said his primary should have done the application before applying for schools so that i would know which ones to apply for.................please can someone help or point me in the right direction please......myself and my son are feeling lost, confused, stressed and close to breaking point
Dear Koala2
How frustrating for you both. You may find the following links and information to our Helpline and Education Rights Service useful?
You may like to contact our Autism Helpline team who can provide you with information and advice . You can contact the team via telephone on 0808 800 4104 (Monday to Thursday 10am to 4pm, Friday 9am to 3pm). Please note that the Helpline is experiencing a high volume of calls and it may take a couple of attempts before you get through to speak to an advisor. Alternatively, should you prefer to send a message, you can do so via their webform - https://www.autism.org.uk/services/helplines/main/questions.aspx
The following article contains a lot of helpful information about education for a child with an autism. This includes information regarding getting extra support for your child in their education setting. - http://www.autism.org.uk/about/in-education.aspx
It can help to pass on information specifically for education professionals about autism spectrum disorders. The following link contains information written for education professionals: http://www.autism.org.uk/professionals/teachers.aspx
You may want to contact our Education Rights Service who provides information, support and advice on educational provision and entitlements. Please see the following link for further information: http://www.autism.org.uk/services/helplines/education-rights.aspx
If you need to, you can search for schools that cater for children with an autism spectrum disorder on our Autism Services Directory: www.autism.org.uk/directory.aspx
Hope that helps,
Nicky-Mod