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Further Education Colleges

longman

I have been trying to find out about provisions for supporting autism at FE colleges. What I've got from the Department of Business Innovation & Skills is a bit of a mix.

I wondered if anyone attending Further Education Colleges had seen any sign of these provisions. I'm not doing a survey or anything. But it might help if anyone can confirm these initiatives are working effectively.

The Skills Funding Agency supports all students in FE colleges with an identified learning difficulty and/or disability, regardless of the learner's background and relative disadvantage.

The Public Sector Equality Duty applies in all F E colleges.

47 Equality and Diversity Partnership Projects were set up in 2012/13 and 40 more will be set up in 2013/14. For example Ealing, Hammersmith and West London College is working in partnership with "Ambitious About Autism" to support progression in vocational courses (is that really F E colleges?)

EHC Plans under the Children and Families Act are from September 2014 being put into practice for ages up to 25 and in FE colleges. Anyone seen any sign of this?

Even without an EHC plan F E Colleges are under duty to ensure provision for age up to 25

FE colleges have to admit a young person if that college is named on their EHC plan

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  • Hi longman, I am curently looking at further education options for my son. Both he and I would like for him to go on to the 6th form of his present school, partly because it is local and familiar. However, he is struggling with a lot of school related issues and not currently receiving any support which makes me worry that he is not going to acheive the required grades for 6th form. I have been researching local colleges as an alternative and all look good "on paper" as regards supporting additional needs. But then so does our high school...... 

    We seem to be bombarded by strategies and measurements that have been devised to support us - yet when we attempt to use them they cannot be and so are not implemented. If I question why, I am told that there are insufficient resources. So why keep throwing money at what in reality amounts only to a "wish list"?

    Added to this - nobody seems to wish to be accountable for the lack of provision all parties appear to blame the and eachother. 

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  • Hi longman, I am curently looking at further education options for my son. Both he and I would like for him to go on to the 6th form of his present school, partly because it is local and familiar. However, he is struggling with a lot of school related issues and not currently receiving any support which makes me worry that he is not going to acheive the required grades for 6th form. I have been researching local colleges as an alternative and all look good "on paper" as regards supporting additional needs. But then so does our high school...... 

    We seem to be bombarded by strategies and measurements that have been devised to support us - yet when we attempt to use them they cannot be and so are not implemented. If I question why, I am told that there are insufficient resources. So why keep throwing money at what in reality amounts only to a "wish list"?

    Added to this - nobody seems to wish to be accountable for the lack of provision all parties appear to blame the and eachother. 

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