We're in the same boat re 'statutory assessment'. What a joke. My son has had an initial assessment which suggested deeper analysis of his (yet to be defined, Asbergers probably though) 'condition'.
We made an application to schools for a yr 8 place and weren't succesful. He's missed ALL of yr 7 and now is at a Kip Mc Grath centre, which at least is something.
We've been told that although we're 3 months into the wait, it could be another 3 months wait and I'm worried they will pull him out of Kip Mc Grath long before that due to funding.
It's such a nightmare. He's a smart, intelligent, easily educated boy, but has problems with his peers. He gets in to fights, will never back down and that causes problems. He doen't have an acute problem but it's enough to cause hiccups.
This forum has been very helpful. Clearly, there's alot of people in the same boat and sympathetic to the way councils and schools treat parents and kids in this situation...
