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Please help me, i'm not sure what to do!!!!!!!

Coogybear

Please see my earlier post re 'I'm so angry' on the general chat thread.

Longman I'm in need of some urgent support and advice.

Following yesterdays poor meeting at the College to try and resolve the issues raised, my son went into College today to hand in the completed elements of his work and was asked by a member of staff to sign 7 or so pages stating he'd recieved SEN support. This included 40 or so signatures next to dates he's meant to have recieved the support, but hadn't. Only 4 genuine signatures were present on the page he signed, which were all he had recieved for one years alledged support.

He was also asked to plagiarize another students work today, in order to complete his final module for distinction submission.

I suspect that this is because he admitted in the meeting he had had no onging SEN support and had notified staff, but was essentially ignored and was relying on a fellow student to help him complete assignments because he couldn't manage as the college had denied him the softeware necessary to demonstarte his ability.

This issue is obviously very serious as it indicates a deliberate act on the part of the College to cover up their failings with my sons provision.

I'm agast and very angry, but my son is completely crushed that he agreed to sign something he could neither read nor understand fully. He asked staff what it meant, but was told it didn't matter and just to sign it!' naturally he complied, but later realized it was the SEN support register

A serious issue and one that im not sure what to do about, Please help me someone!!!!

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  • Have you been able to contact the college principal? I think the fact your son is only 16 should make it imperative that they act responsibly, and it may be your best way forward.

    Colleges don't act like a company where there might be a clear pecking order, or a school where the head has a hand in affairs down to classroom level. The Principal will be rather remote from student matters (high level financial decisions, posturing etc) assuming the matriculation and teaching is happening independently. There will be someone in charge of student services in charge of someone looking after a learning support team.

    Pointing out serious unfair practice should jolt the Principal into action. But the line managers in student services wont want him or her to know anything is amiss, and the system will generally try to stop you reaching the Principal, because if he gets annoyed it has bigger implications (re-organisation, jobs on the line, etc)

    What I suspect happened to your son is a line manager realised he had allowed a stuation to develop (failure to provide agreed support) and took very unfair action to save his butt. But he won't be so cocky if the Principal takes your side.

    Seems a shame NAS has let you down like this. There does seem to be a very beaurocratic infrastructure in NAS that doesn't cross refer well.

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  • Have you been able to contact the college principal? I think the fact your son is only 16 should make it imperative that they act responsibly, and it may be your best way forward.

    Colleges don't act like a company where there might be a clear pecking order, or a school where the head has a hand in affairs down to classroom level. The Principal will be rather remote from student matters (high level financial decisions, posturing etc) assuming the matriculation and teaching is happening independently. There will be someone in charge of student services in charge of someone looking after a learning support team.

    Pointing out serious unfair practice should jolt the Principal into action. But the line managers in student services wont want him or her to know anything is amiss, and the system will generally try to stop you reaching the Principal, because if he gets annoyed it has bigger implications (re-organisation, jobs on the line, etc)

    What I suspect happened to your son is a line manager realised he had allowed a stuation to develop (failure to provide agreed support) and took very unfair action to save his butt. But he won't be so cocky if the Principal takes your side.

    Seems a shame NAS has let you down like this. There does seem to be a very beaurocratic infrastructure in NAS that doesn't cross refer well.

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