School support, advise needed

I went through a similar situation with my son

The school as a an obligation to provide provision for your child.. And every child as the right to education full time. 

The problem is most teachers have no or little training on how to deal with autism. Not entirely their fault its the system that's not recognising the need. 

Headteachers nowadays are business people puppets for trusts and accadamies to make money they are so out of touch with children students in schools let alone a child with autism. 

You need to dig deep go to your education board and make sure you get hours allocated to your daughter to support her needs. Schools have funding for additional staff to be put in place. 

Just be strong be your child's voice and get what is right for her 

David 

Every maintained school has at least one "named governor" for SEND. If you have contacted the SENCo and Head Teacher and still have not had a satisfactory response you can ask the governor to get involved. The Head Teacher and governors are responsible for ensuring that staff are adequately trained.

One problem is that the SEND funding for the school is rarely enough - in some schools, you may have 20%+ of kids with some level of SEN, and maybe kids with English as their second (third, fourth) language. If there is a delay in getting an EHCP, the school has to fund support from its budget. In a small primary school, this can be a problem. The governors have a legal duty to balance individual needs with the "efficient education" of all pupils. Post-Covid many students are experiencing mental health needs. Many students have fallen behind because of lockdown and need additional tuition. Schools are expected to provide free school meals, breakfast clubs, after-school childcare etc. but new initiatives are rarely fully funded by the government.

Academies and trusts do not "make money" in the sense of making a profit - often the sponsors put in additional funds to top up government funding. Sometimes there is a problem when local authorities "top slice" school budgets to pay for authority-wide services  (such as early help and autism support) which academies have to pay for themselves because they have not paid into the LEA.

In most of our public services, demand outstrips the funding available. As citizens, we demand better services but refuse to vote for politicians who want to raise our taxes to pay for them. Whether it is smaller classes, more training or additional support staff, it all comes down to money. On a per-pupil basis, the total funding allocated to schools for 5-16-year-old pupils, in cash terms, in 2022-23 was £6,970. [DfE] A local independent school with autism accreditation has fees that start at just under £10k and can be significantly more (£25k plus) for students with significant SEN. 

Every maintained school has at least one "named governor" for SEND. If you have contacted the SENCo and Head Teacher and still have not had a satisfactory response you can ask the governor to get involved. The Head Teacher and governors are responsible for ensuring that staff are adequately trained.

One problem is that the SEND funding for the school is rarely enough - in some schools, you may have 20%+ of kids with some level of SEN, and maybe kids with English as their second (third, fourth) language. If there is a delay in getting an EHCP, the school has to fund support from its budget. In a small primary school, this can be a problem. The governors have a legal duty to balance individual needs with the "efficient education" of all pupils. Post-Covid many students are experiencing mental health needs. Many students have fallen behind because of lockdown and need additional tuition. Schools are expected to provide free school meals, breakfast clubs, after-school childcare etc. but new initiatives are rarely fully funded by the government.

Academies and trusts do not "make money" in the sense of making a profit - often the sponsors put in additional funds to top up government funding. Sometimes there is a problem when local authorities "top slice" school budgets to pay for authority-wide services  (such as early help and autism support) which academies have to pay for themselves because they have not paid into the LEA.

In most of our public services, demand outstrips the funding available. As citizens, we demand better services but refuse to vote for politicians who want to raise our taxes to pay for them. Whether it is smaller classes, more training or additional support staff, it all comes down to money. On a per-pupil basis, the total funding allocated to schools for 5-16-year-old pupils, in cash terms, in 2022-23 was £6,970. [DfE] A local independent school with autism accreditation has fees that start at just under £10k and can be significantly more (£25k plus) for students with significant SEN.