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I have been told over many years by my son's school that he will not get a Statement. He is now in Y4 and struggling a lot generally (tho academic achievements are ok). He has only just had an IEP (Dec 11) when I asked yet again for one. I have not had any formal letters from the School about him progress/his extra provisions (if any)/minutes of any meetings (tho there have only been 2 very recently). Nor (I believe) is there any record of when he was sent out of class/ran out of the class/ sent to the HT/refused to participate in lessons/sat in a corner reading a book. The School have made it plain that they think he should be medicated (we are now trying a second med). He is Aspergers, ADHD and dyspraxia. My feeling is that he is not 'accessing the curriculum' and that I should be applying for a Statement myself as the School won't do it (surely it's better to apply and possibly fail, than not apply at all?) But how can I support my application if the school can't provide any written evidence? What can I do? Does anyone have any advice about this situation? They are trying to pretend he is an ordinary child - and he is not, Many thanks