Hi everyone,
I'd be really grateful if anyone can offer some advice on an issue that's effecting my autistic daughter's education.
My daughter has been out of school for the last 3 years. She's very bright but has received hardly any education due to her anxiety preventing her going into her registered mainstream school. We've spend those last years fighting to get her an EHCP to name her a suitable school. Her current school offer no one-2-one support as she's unable to go in and all the special needs schools say they're full (including the one we asked to be named on her EHCP who did briefly say they had a place).
The EHCP has named her current school as the suitable setting which is quite ridiculous and there's no way on earth she's going to attend it. The EHCP also says she'll transfer to a High COIN setting when available, but there's a chance this may take years by which stage she'll be approaching her early 20's.
We've been through 2 tribunals, one for refusal to access, and the second refusal to issue, and am now weighing whether to appeal yet again to get the named school changed.
With all the special schools saying they're full, and my daughter unable to go into her current educational setting, is there any point in appealing as I can't see the judge naming a place that doesn't exist - has anyone else been in this position?
What's most heartbreaking about all of this is she's so bright, but it's such a waste of her talents if we can't find a suitable educational setting.
I've tried speaking to all the well known charities but it's impossible to get through to anyone to speak to.
Any advice anyone can offer will be so much appreciated and thank you so much for reading my post!
