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refused assessment for statement

Ming

I have received a telephone call today from my County Council to let me know that they have refused an assessment of my son for a statement.

 

Basically my son’s school have said that they think he is coping ok as he is “not the worst in the class”.  The County are suggesting to the school that they call in an outside agency to assess why he is not making progress (SATS at the end of year 2 gave in 2A’s and now nearing the end of year 4 he is still at grades 2A).  Once they have those reports we can go back to County to see if they can assess him.

 

We are going to see the SENco once they go back from the Easter break but does anyone have any ideas on what else we can do from here?

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  • Hi Ming and sorry to hear. Unfortunately this will be in line with the current trend of schools and LAs trying to reduce the number of statemented kids on their books. The SENCO can help your child once the statement is in place but s/he will have little power to do anything if the county council refused, so I wouldn't wait for that. The quickest way in this situation to help your son is to have him assessed privately asap because the county council won't be able to ignore that report. Hope it all works out for you!

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  • Hi Ming and sorry to hear. Unfortunately this will be in line with the current trend of schools and LAs trying to reduce the number of statemented kids on their books. The SENCO can help your child once the statement is in place but s/he will have little power to do anything if the county council refused, so I wouldn't wait for that. The quickest way in this situation to help your son is to have him assessed privately asap because the county council won't be able to ignore that report. Hope it all works out for you!

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