bikemad Report post Posted July 3, 2008 I can get my lad a place in a private school-it is 3/4 time at the school n 1/4 home schooling but they tell you what to do that week if that makes sense-the classes are small and I know one kid who went there who has adhd n in my lads class she was an E grade student yet now 6 months on she is a B+ student. Down side is cost-im wondering does anyone know if id be entitled to get help towards the costs? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Karen A Report post Posted July 3, 2008 Hi. Other people here have obtained funding for private provision.However I think the provision is usually specialist provision for children or teenagers with ASD.If parents can demonstrate that specialist provision is needed and the LEA are not able to provide appropriate provision then it is sometimes possible to obtain specialist private provision funded via a Statement of SEN....however parents usually have to battle to obtain LEA agreement. If the school is a mainstream private school then the LEA is unlikely to help with the costs.Where a parent of a child with SEN wishes to place their child with a Statement in private provision then the LEA may agree but it will probably be at the expense of the parents. If you are considering private provision then it would be worth investigating whether the school has experience and knowledge of the specific needs that your child has.Karen. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Karen A Report post Posted July 3, 2008 http://www.teachernet.gov.uk/_doc/3724/SENCodeOfPractice.pdf The information included in the Code Of Practice [8.97] above may be helpful.Karen. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bikemad Report post Posted July 4, 2008 Thanx for the info. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kazzen161 Report post Posted July 5, 2008 If your child has a Statement, it is possible to get the LEA to fund a place at a private school, providing you can convince them that the mainstream cannot meet his needs and that the private school can. We have a local private school that takes children who need a bit more than mainstream can offer, and the LEA fund several children there. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bikemad Report post Posted July 5, 2008 Thanx for that. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JsMum Report post Posted July 5, 2008 I have a book called how to be a velvet bulldozer the author talked about how she accessed a grant to fund a specialist special school until it went to sendist, Im sure the website is on her webpage too, otherwise, there is a book called education grants but expensive at over �35, but well worth a look throw incase there is some type of grant for children with special needs so they can access the same as NT children. Good luck with the funding. JsMum Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lynne Report post Posted July 6, 2008 Hi Bikmad, My son currenty attends year 6 of a mainstream school with full time LSA. In September he will be starting in a private secondary school funded by the LEA. As other people have already said the provision will only be provided and payed for if the LEA have no suitable school placement for the child. My son had an excellent statement which stated he needs a room to go to to calm down. (He suffers from a lot of sensory problems). The LEA secondary schools are so large 1,000 plus students (this will affect his sensory input to such an extent he will not be able to learn. Plus the schools do not have a spare room to be used as a quite room. We had no problem in getting funding for the private school and because our son has a statement the private school will not be charged for visits from the ASD team etc. Tribunal is a good way to go about funding for private school. But you will only be successful if there are no other alternative provided by the LEA. Good luck Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bikemad Report post Posted July 7, 2008 Thanx peeps-see I knew thered be some help on here-tried googling n got nowere fast!!!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
allsetuk Report post Posted July 8, 2008 my asd son is very musical , he goes to a private school which i use his dla for, and i am completly broke ....he does very well but there is no way i can risk taking him out,becuase he cant cope with any kind of change and new children ... but with him already being in there im not sure the lea would help me .. ..nursery and reception were awful where basically i was drawn in every day becuase of his disruptive behaviour and i felt sure i would ask us to leave, but my son suddenly started responding well to the rules and set timetable of year one and i think he has done really well ....i literally am on my knees trying to afford it though Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Imposter Report post Posted July 8, 2008 Can you not ask the school for assistance? Some private schools have bursaries etc... set up for (I don't know how to put this), "poorer" or "less advantaged" children/families. Maybe they can help? Otherwise follow everyone else's advice. I went to a private secondary school (ex-grammar school) but only because I just about managed to get inon the old Goverment Assisted Places scheme before they began phasing that out.... And I do know from keeping an eye on my old school that at a lot of schools the number of bursaries and charitable help has risen since this sort of Government help has been removed. Good luck. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bikemad Report post Posted July 8, 2008 Hadnt thought of that-yeah could ask the actual school if they could help towards cost. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
