lea phoned

[hev]

one residential school in devon and one in hampshire are possible schools for steve,just spoke to smiley and she said they provide transport as he will be coming home weekends,seems a lot of money for a taxi from kent or im now wondering if she means a train,he wouldnt be ok on a train on his own

[pumpkinpie]

A friend of mines son had a taxi home on a weekend, they wont send him on the train at his age.

Good news at last for you <'>

[stressedmumto2]

Hev, just wanted to say that is fantastic news. They will provide transport which will be a taxi unless they think he can manage a train but I think they do deals with the taxi services anyway.

 

It's great news for you both though, have you been tolook at either school?

[carrieq]

The weekly boarders at the residential special school where I work get taxied home for the weekend with an escort. We have only had one child go by train and he had an escort who took him door to door.

Carrie

[JenRose]

some good news at last for you Hev.

Have they said when you can go and look around?

[bid]

At last!!

 

Don't worry about the transport...your LEA will fund a taxi, and if there are any other kids from your area going to the same school they will probably all go together.

 

let us know how you get on with the visits!

 

Bidx

[baddad]

great news!

 

Really pleased for you all - I'm sure this will be really hard at first but then GR8

 

L&P

 

BD

[Guest Lya of the Nox]

really really please for u and steve and the rest of the family

x

[Ohforaquietlife]

That's great Hev but why so far away?! Devon is miles to come home every weekend. What's so specific about these schools that more local Kent ones can't provide? Just wondering as a fellow Kent resident!

 

Ohf!

[witsend]

That's great news Hev - at last!

Luv Witsend.

[annie]

Great news Hev

 

Annie

<'>

[LizK]

Great news

 

Lx

[hev]

bid can i insist i look at the schools first? im wondering why there are no schools closer,devon seems too far,thinking of saying no to that one,if he gets taken ill it will take me miles to get there

[pumpkinpie]

course you can, I wouldnt want some where I hadnt seen first.

[smiley]

Whoooooooo-Hooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!

 

I'm quite pleased - have you noticed...??

(we can begin to breath again soon, eh hun - providing i don't kill another coffe machine! )

 

Yes - you are the mummy (i told you to remember that ) - you can go and visit schools if you want to.

 

So exited!

 

<'>

[Kazzen161]

No way would I contemplate sending my child to a school that I had not visited. I may be able to tell you about the Hants one, and someone in Devon may be able to tell you a bit about that one. The Devon one does seem a bit far - how long will the trip there take? (RAC route finder will tell you approx time) - and remember that you will want to visit there for Reviews and things like Xmas celebrations, parent meetings, end-of-year celebrations.

 

I would want to know why the LEA have suggested these two schools in particular (and remember you have the right to propose your own choice of school, if you can find one that is suitable).

 

Karen

[Kathryn]

So far, so good, hev, glad things are moving finally in the right direction. I'm sure both schools will welcome a visit from you before you decide, and you'll probably have loads of questions to ask.

 

K x

[bid]

Of course you can visit them both, Hev

 

Have a think, because you might want to go without Steve the first time so that you can really take everything in.

 

I also think that if you have someone to go with you it's very helpful. I had to go on my own, and I felt very overwhelmed by the whole thing. I really wanted a second opinion.

 

Also, if you feel any school is too far away you can say so. One place we were asked to consider was on Tyneside, and for us that was just too far. The school my son went to in the end was about 3 hours away from us, and that seemed to work fine.

 

Good luck, hun.

 

Bid <'>

[Kazzen161]

My LEA wanted to send T to a school in N Yorks - that was about a 5 hour trip by car. On a weekend he would have got back at 8/9pm on the Friday and would have had to leave at 2/3pm on the Sunday. He went to a school 40 mins away, and his college is 2 hours away.

 

Obviously we all want our child to go to a suitable school, but it has got to be workable.

 

It is useful to have someone with you on a visit - you do tend to forget stuff otherwise.

 

www.oaasis.co.uk has a sheet on things to look for in a residential school.

 

Look at their Ofsteds and also ask for a copy of their latest care side inspection (it tells you about things like their provision for activities, food, etc).

 

The schools may have web-sites (some give a tour of the school) + you can ask for their prospectus.

 

Karen

[David Matthew Baker]

That's great news. I really hope one of them is suitable. All the best, David.

[Bambi]

Thats fantastic news! good luck with the choice of school hev and i hope things can move on now, for the better.

 

Bambi x

[pearl]

Oh thats good news Hev. Go have a look round & tell us about them.

[pearl]

Umm, sorry, that sounded like an order!

[Flora]

Great news hev .

 

I wonder if one of them is the one of the schools I'm looking at??/The county is the same!!!!

 

<'>

 

Flo' XX

Edited May 3, 2007 by Flora

[Frangipani]

Good luck with it all Hev <'> >< <'> ><