Issues with private diagnosis being accepted by schools and NHS?

Yes, they tried to gaslight me and said the Psyc hadn't sent the assessment, when he had. NHS suck. They are always whining about you using the service, and then when you pay private they don't want to accept the diagnosis! 

I’m inclined to believe that if the school are not accepting a private diagnosis, it’s time to seek legal advice, as the law can be very vague and there many very well have been test cases in the courts to fully validate a private diagnosis, which depending on the local Athority area, there could be political issues involved, as the school might be following local Athority guidelines - if after speaking with legal experts, it might be worth writing to your local MP about the issue - if there is a leftist-leaning council, they might be taking a position against private diagnosis, but as we in the LGBT community know all too well, political activism has proven to be the only way to achieve rights and equality - I’m very inclined to move towards taking legal action against the school because it sounds like the only way that you are going to get the answers you need is in court 

My son had a private diagnosis. We was refered originally by the school SENCO. We had an initial assessment by a NHS clinic, then they moved us over to a private clinic. After diagnosis they said they'd forward it to our GP. The school about a year later asked me questions about my son including if there was a diagnosis of Autism. I said there was. I thought they knew this already. They asked me to show proof. I had to forward the report to the SENCO team. My son is 15 and struggles with going to school, he says because the school treat him differently, like he's a baby. I have big issues on a daily basis with my son,  As for the diagnosis, I feel its not been taken seriously. I feel no one, not even the GP is offering appropiate help.

If the diagnosis has been carried out by a qualified professional there is no valid reason why it should not be accepted by the school and NHS. One issue may be "gatekeeping" - one way that education authorities cut costs is by insisting that their Ed Psych does the assessment, and making you wait ... a delay of six months in getting an EHCP can save the authority the cost of employing an extra TA or whatever for those six months. This is also the reason why applications for EHCPs get rejected the first time round ... it takes months for the appeal, and the authority does not have to pay for provision. It is cynical and unethical.

The school DOES have to accept the diagnosis and any recommendations and put in reasonable accommodations from its SEND budget ... up to a point. The get-out is where accommodations may be considered "inefficient to the education of other pupils" ( which usually means too expensive.)  If the accommodations need funding, the school should initiate the request for an EHCP, or the parent may go straight to the LEA.  If you feel you are being obstructed, take advice from a qualified adviser  (including the NAS helpline) or a lawyer specialising in education law.

Don’t see why it would be an issue. That’s a strange one. I don’t see why they wouldn’t accept it. I guess everything done privately can be less credible in this country. For example People have had a private prescription in Britain and been arrested by the police for possessing illegal drugs. Even though it was perfectly legal and a private doctor prescribed it the police didn’t believe it and thought they were just lying. Eventually they did get let free as they hadn’t done anything wrong but my example is kind of saying that unless it comes from the NHS a lot of people simply won’t believe it’s credibility sadly. Unless your kids go to private school then they should be fine the school will probably believe the diagnosis then. My advice to you would be - if you’re going to get a private diagnosis then I would get all the paperwork to prove that it is legitimate. Then they should have no problem believing you. Hope this helps and good luck with your diagnoses.