Hello,
Thank you so much to anyone who takes the time to read this. I really need advice!
My son is in year 2 and currently attends mainstream education. He has had an EHCP since the beginning of year 2, and he has 1:1 support throughout the day.
We have applied for an RP placement for when he starts year 3, and I am really hopeful that this will be good for him.
We had a recent meeting where his school have basically said that they can no longer meet his needs. He struggles with his emotions, and his school think he needs alternative provision now.
We are really reluctant to move him at this point, as he hates change and it would mean unsettling him twice. I am not in a position to be driving him out of the area as I work. He would never get in a taxi or anything, and this would be detrimental to him as he suffers from separation anxiety. Furthermore, I don’t feel it is in his best interests to start a special needs school, and then come back to Resourced Provision either, and we really do have our hearts set on him getting the RP placement.
i don’t feel he has bonded well with one of his 1:1 LSAs, which may be part of the problem. They also say he is not spending much time in the classroom, but I don’t necessarily see this as a terrible thing. He is still interacting regularly with other children, and he is very happy in adult company.
Am I unreasonable to try and push for him in to stay at his mainstream school?
