They have issued a NIL

[bjkmummy]

Totally gutted, haven't seen it yet but it's in its way. Whole assessment a farce post tribunal, don't know how they can call it an assessment. So back to tribunal I go for tribunal number 3 in 2 years, totally personal decision it feels like made by a lone sen officer who has made the decision herself, no panel or anything and made the decision in absolute blind panic as she miscalculated the dates she was working to. All the EPs I've contacted are fully booked until march and my tribunal likely to be in January.

[Sally44]

So does that mean that the LA are saying that her needs can be met by her school under School Action Plus? Is she not already on that? And falling further behind??

[Sally44]

This is a link to the Dyslexia Action information about the changes to SEN law. http://www.dyslexiaaction.org.uk/files/dyslexiaaction/guide_to_help_parents_and_carers_navigate_the_changes_in_special_educational_needs_and_disability_provision.pdf

 

It might be worth talking to them, or the BDA or Ipsea to find out exactly what you need to do to move forward with this.

 

For the local authority to have come to that decision it seems to suggest that the school do have something additional to offer that they were not offering before?? So can you get that confirmed from the school. Ie. ask them what they can provide that is additional to what was provided previously, and ask them why they did not provide it before.

 

Because if the LA believes the school can meet her needs, they need to put on paper how exactly they will achieve that and what additional input they are going to provide to ensure there is then progress.

 

It might be worth not mentioning to the school the NIL in that letter. Just ask the school what they can provide for your daughter that is significantly different or additional to what she has been receiving to ensure she makes progress, and see what their letter says.

 

The LA have used a common get out clause, ie. that the school can do more. So why weren't the school doing that? For my son we ended up in a meeting where we had to pin the school down to finally admitting that there was nothing additional that they could provide. And we were recording the meeting.

 

And in the meantime you proceed with the appeal, in the hope that before the actual tribunal date the LA does decide to issue a Educational Need and Health Care Plan.

 

But you must feel so angry, deflated and totally let down by this system.

Edited August 10, 2014 by Sally44

[bjkmummy]

that's the thing though - the school detailed in the tribunal in may what they were doing for and what she needed and it was a lot and the tribunal agreed that the school were doing their best but she still wasn't making progress so ordered the assessment. you could see the chair raise an eyebrow when she realised that her twin had asd and was in an indie asd school.

 

the EP report by the LA runs to 14 pages and is the same as her twins and yet he gets a statement???? the recommendations are so wishy washy and a friend who works in a school looked at it earlier for me and she said that what they are expecting the school to do is way above what they can offer - lots of stuff that a TA will need to do but the only TA the school has in the class is for another statemented child and the school have been using her to help my daughter and the school admitted this in the tribunal. the tribunal were very complimentary of the school and yet agreed she needed to be assessed as her progress was so slow. they also made it clear in writing that no mainstream secondary school could possibly match the help that she currently has! I mentioned secondary to the sen officer when she phoned and it was clear she has not even considered that! my appeal will be in the post tomorrow and I have complained to the director of sen about how this has all been handled

[Sally44]

That is why I want you to get something in writing from the school, and then arrange to have a meeting with this SEN Officer at the LA.

 

The LA cannot say that her needs can be met under the delegated funding for the school IF the school are already providing the most they can do under that funding. The funding would definately NOT cover 1:1 TA time [or if it does get the school to confirm that].

 

If there is only one TA for another Statemented child, they cannot use that TA for your daughter. And the LA know that. So if your daughter needs 1:1 TA time how will that be funded by the school under their delegated funding. If school confirm they cannot fund that, and they confirm it in writing, that proves she needs a Statement. So you go to the LA with that letter from the school and ask them to explain how the support, specialist teaching? and anything else she needs is going to be funded by the school.

 

You need a meeting with whoever made the wishy washy recommendations and get them to quantify and specify. That is what they are required to do under SEN law. They haven't done that.

 

What year is your daugther in this September?

 

Who made it clear in writing that no mainstream secondary could provide what she currently receives? And do you have anything in writing that details what she currently does receive, and which is not producing progress?

 

That is why you need to get very specific information. That is why standardised assessments are essential. And I believe the LA EP opted out of doing those types of assessments? That enabled them to give a wishy washy report. Standardised Assessments give precise information which makes it very clear what type and level of support/therapy/specialist teaching is needed.

[Sally44]

It might be worth speaking to the Local Governments Ombudsman about the "assessment process" and if you can lodge a complaint with them. But I suspect the LGO will say that because you have recourse via the SEN Appeal process that they cannot get involved.

 

But definately lodge a written complaint to the LA, and ask all the questions above and get specific information.

 

Because if your daughter has been receiving xx hours of delegated funding and that is the total amount available under delegated funding, and she has not made progress, then the LA cannot justify their NIL saying that the school can do more, when the school confirm they cannot do more without additional funding which would only be provided via a Statement.

 

Is she to receive specialist teaching from a qualified dyslexia teacher? Who is going to fund that?

And is she on the autistic spectrum? I thought she had been recently diagnosed? Was that diagnosis included in the assessment?

[bjkmummy]

the who made it clear that a mainstream secondary cant provide - that was the last send tribunal panel! their judgement in may specifies exactly what help the school has already put in place and also comments that the school are using a TA to support her who is for another statement child - so I have that in writing from a tribunal judge!

 

the LA EP which makes recommendations is very wishy washy and I doubt he will change it BUT I also have my other sons EP report which is word for word the same except he got a full statement. I have instructed an indie EP and I am also awaiting the other report where she was dx and also that will have lots of recommendations also about what she is going to need. that expert also agreed she will not cope in a mainstream secondary school as she is not coping now in a class of 12 children so I expect that report will also detail all of the extra help she is going to need to have in place.

 

the school also commented and again it is written into the tribunal judgement that she needs the specialist teaching we are paying for. if we were to stop funding it then the school would have to pay to provide it. I will email the LA EP and ask him to specify and quantify his report - the first time I have seen this report has been on Saturday when it came with the NIL so I have had no opportunity to challenge it.

 

the indie OT report recommends she needs OT as she has hypermobility in her hands and cannot write for more than 15 min without being in pain. the nhs ot report also confirms this and recommends she has a laptop and a touch type typing programme. the LA EP recommends a spelling programme, a handwriting programme and on and on it goes and not forgetting that she is between 3 -4 years behind in all core areas of the curriculum and has a working memory on the 2nd centile and then add in her sensory needs its all just one huge big mess.

 

im pretty confident we will be okay by going to appeal as the evidence we have is huge as sadly im a bit of an expert now and I have used all of your valuable advice and made sure I have got everything in writing etc.

 

she goes into year 6 in September so I have still a year to sort this out.

[bjkmummy]

the assessment has been basically the LA EP using my old dyslexia action which was by then over 6 months old and taking the scores of that, he didn't watch her in class and just spoke to her for about 30 minutes.

 

I don't know what delegated funds the school have been using for her - I know that at tribunal it was about 8 hours they were saying she was getting as TA support but again were using the TA for another child to support her - they say she will get 3 interventions a day in sept and other things as well which my friend who has read it says she simply doesn't believe. there is no mention in the LA EP report anything about specialist teaching at all - no surprises there I guess - in fact at no point does the LA EP even use the word dysleixia. my LA has not a single specialist teacher so there is no service as such she can even access.

 

school at tribunal after pressure from the judge said they would refer her to their teaching service but post tribunal that was in fact a phone call and as shes so complex no one knew what to do so the school haven't pursued it any further.

 

she has been dx on the spectrum now- that was in july - we are still awaiting the report so the LA were unaware when the EP saw her but the EP report and the answers my daughter gives are a clear red flag that something is not right - and other reports hinted at it as well. she is also due to see an indie consultant paed who specialises in girls also in sept

 

I don't think the LGO would touch this at the moment - I have lodged the appeal this morning so it is done as I wanted to get it in before we go on holiday on Friday and before the end of August so I will go to tribunal under the old code although if we win it will be an EHCP that is issued

[Sally44]

You need to know the maximum amount of delegated funding the school can use for your daughter. It sounds like they were not using all the delegated funding [which is usually about 15 hours a week??], which may have given the LA the get out clause of saying school can do more. [but that also beggars the question of why the school were not doing more if they had the funding based on her lack of progress.] But no point arguing that point now, as you are focused on getting a Statement and then appealing that Statement for the secondary placement.

 

So get school to detail exactly how they will meet her needs under delegated funding including the OT, Specialist Teaching, [any speech and language therapy?], etc. Get in writing how much funding is the maximum and that that is the level they will have to provide, AND there is no way that that funding will include any therapy such as specified OT, specialist teaching or SALT hours, so any report specifying that is needed.

 

So you need to appeal the NIL to get a Statement and then appeal the finalised Statement [parts 2, 3 and 4], and include in that appeal your parental choice of placement for secondary school.

 

They are making you jump through hoops aren't they.

Edited August 12, 2014 by Sally44

[bjkmummy]

thing is sally I tried to get the sen school budget last time and they refused point blank to tell me. I did some digging and got the figures through the section 52 statement and the schools whole sen budget was ridiculously low I think it was about 10k - there is another statemented child there and at the last tribunal the senco said there was about 4 other children with sen with higher needs. the school is not in my LA and when the sen officer said last time to the senco that they expect school to fund 15 hours the senco told her not her in LA they don't so im caught in the crossfire. I will do above though - now have a fab EP on board and likely a hearing will be January - the appeal was signed for at sendist this morning. the EP is when she goes into school is going to ask the relevant questions as well as to what exactly they are doing and what they can do.

 

I need to name a mainstream secondary by October - both local secondary schools don't want her but that's an argument for another day I guess as I have to get the statement first and that statement will determine I guess that both local schools cannot meet her needs. I have a raft of assessments/appointments now scheduled so I can do no more at the moment but im glad ive got it all organised for now

[bjkmummy]

the report has now come from the indie assessment she had and now gives the dx for ASD - heartbreaking reading but incredibly detailed and gives details of what type of schooling she will need and clear she will need a specialist placement as she has huge SALT needs now as well and needs to have a school with salt on site, small class sizes, experience of asd and dyslexia, the list goes on ....... it needs a few amendments so will await that and then will serve it on the LA hopefully by the end of the week

[Sally44]

Delegated funding to a school does not include any therapy. School have a budget for therapy for the whole school. But if a Statement specifies xx hours of OT/SALT/Specialist teaching that cannot be funded by the school. It has to be funded via the Statement paid for by the LA.

 

Did you write to the school asking for the delegated funding budget?

Did you write to the LA asking what the delegated funding was for that school?

 

I would suggest speaking to, then writing to the LA inclusion Officer who said the school can meet your daughters needs via the school funding. If they are certain of this, they need to prove it. So ask them verbally, and confirm what they say, or confirm the request in a letter. If they don't respond lodge a complaint. This information is not supposed to be a secret. Any parent can ask any school that question and they should be able to tell you immediately.

 

Then, when you have the delegated funding details [of £K? per child, or hours of support per child - and ask specifically if it funds any 1:1 therapy to be specified for any child] - detail all the therapy input that is quantified and specified in reports about your daighter, and ask the LA Inclusion Officer how the school is going to fund that therapy without a Statement. Tell them she is now diagnosed with an ASD.

 

Then post back with their repsonse.

 

"Small class sizes" needs to be more specific. She is currently in a class of 12 and not making progress. The Statement should say "small class sizes of no more than 8 pupils". That describes a special/independent ASD type school, and rules out mainstream. "small class sizes" is not specific enough and could mean anything slightly smaller than a mainstream class size.

 

How much 1:1 SALT therapy is specified? What about life skills?

[bjkmummy]

salt therapy is 2 hours per week plus she needs OT and then specialist teaching but no one is prepared to put in writing yet how much she needs just that whatever school she is in has a dyslexia background. I am getting an indie EP report as well so that should narrow the specifics so to speak.

 

I did write last time asking for the budget - the response I got back was that as it is such a small school they did not have to disclose the budget??!! as it was I was able to get it by the sec 52 budget statement the LA publishes. the other complication is that the school is in another LA and my LA is trying to push their polices on another LA - so the school were told by my sen officer that the LA expected the school to fund up to 15 hours = school responded 'well that's news to us'

 

I guess I will ask the sen officer in writing to ask her the questions about how they are expecting school to meet her needs in the NIL from the school budget she will say she is unaware what the budget is cos the school not in their LA but then they will look ridiculous as they say school can meet her needs from the schools own budget without having a clue even what that budget is!!! so actually the LA don't have a clue if school can meet her needs - the school notional send budget for 2012 - 2013 was £3,200 - and that's to meet all the childrens needs and the school say there are worse children than my daughter

 

I know that for the school to buy in specialist teaching would cost £100 per hour so given their budget they would spend that alone on my daughter for an hours teaching a week

 

the salt report states that she needs to be in a school where there is a SALT there as part of the school

[Sally44]

You need very specific recommendations, otherwise the LA cannot be tied down into including it into the Statement.

 

That is the whole point of paying for independent reports, because they should quantify and specify.

 

Having a "dyslexia background" means nothing. Any mainstream can say they have a member of staff with a dyslexia background - which might mean they've been on a training day.

 

The specialist teacher needs to be qualified to a Level 7 [PATOSS Website], so that they are qualified to both teach and assess. They need to be able to assess so that progress can be monitored.

 

Was the schools response about delegated funding in writing? If not get it. If they again try to avoid the question, write to the Head of the school governors and ask them to give you that information because you have a SEN child and you need to know what the school can provide. If they don't respond lodge a complaint with the LA.

 

You have to have every detail available to you.

 

The inclusion officer cannot be vague. She has issued a NIL. She has said the school can meet your daughters needs without a Statement under their own delegated funding. She must know what that funding is to have made that decision. If she does not know, then I would write a letter to her stating that. Ie. you have issued a NIL and state that her current school can meet her SEN needs, yet you cannot detail to me what SEN funding the school has per pupil.

 

"Please detail how you have issued a NIL for my daughter as she has a diagnosis of an ASD and Dyslexia. We have reports that quantify and specify SALT, OT and Specialist Teaching input in a school where there is a SALT employed on site. Her current school do not have any of those therapy staff on site and they confirm that such input would require funding via a Statement.

 

Please confirm the delegated funding available at xxxxxx school in terms of hours of support, 1:1 therapy input from SALT, OT and Specialist Teacher and £K per pupil costing.

[bjkmummy]

yes the schools response was in writing and I put it in my last tribunal bundle as evidence so I guess we could say the LA know but I think they will have long forgotten that piece of evidence as they seem to have forgotten every single thing that the tribunal picked up on in their judgement.

 

the dyslexia background statement came from her dyslexia teacher who is fully qualified - the salt report is more specific and hopefully the indie ep report will cover the gaps as well - she needs 2 hours of salt a week and she needs 90 minutes of OT therapy a week plus about 18 hours a year for the OT to plan the programmes and review etc

 

the other thing that ive realised tonight is that they've issued the NIL and offered to meet with me and the school in sept to discuss how the school are going to meet her needs but from 1st sept when the new code becomes law NIL cease to exist!!!! so its all completely and utterly pointless. I am going to ask that any meeting is with a senior sen officer due to complete shambles that the sen officer has made of all of it. I don't really want to meet with any of them but I guess I have to go through the process and show I have done everything I can.

[Sally44]

What amount of 1:1 specialist teaching is detailed in the dylexia report? And what level of qualification have they stated the teacher needs? They need to be qualified to both teach and assess, which I believe is a level 7. No specialist teacher within the school or LA will have that level of qualification. If the LA have anyone, it will be a teacher that has had a training day, nothing more.

 

I cannot over emphasise how important it is to have specific information/advice about your daughter and what she needs and very specific information about what the school can provide.

 

I would not wait until September. I would have that meeting with the SEN Officer asap. Take someone with you to take notes. And ask specific questions. "The SALT report states my daughter must have 2 hours a week 1:1 speech and language therapy. Can the school provide that under delegated funding? etc. If they cannot, they have to change their mind and issue a Statement. Or more likely leave you to appeal again. Did the NHS SALT assess her?

 

If your SALT report did not state "2 hours a week", and just said something like "access to a SALT" the LA could correctly state that your daughter would have access to a SALT without a Statement. That would be via the schools budget for speech and language therapy, which would be less than 10 hours a year for the whole school. But that would still meet the recommendation for "access to a SALT", if a report is as vague as that and does not quantify and specify. The SALT report alone requires funding for around 80 hours per year of 1:1 SALT therapy. That can only be provided via a Statement.

Edited August 14, 2014 by Sally44

[bjkmummy]

the salt report is specific - I am on more of a sticky wicket re the dyslexia teaching as the teacher is employed by us - she is fully qualified - she was head of the local dyslexia association for over 20 years. when I get the EP report done I will firm up the dyslexia side of things as obviously there is a weakness there - she hasn't seen a NHS salt and doubt a nhs salt would agree to see her. the school spoke to the specialist teaching service post tribunal but they didn't know what to do and neither did the schools EP so the school didn't pursue it further hence why she saw a specialist SALT

[Sally44]

What do you mean "the specialist teaching service and the schools EP did not know what to do"?

[bjkmummy]

as part of the last tribunal we had a SALT report done which in lots of areas place her about 4 - 5 years behind. the tribunal panel referred to that report a lot and asked the school what they were going to do to address her SALT needs. the teacher said she would refer her to the specialist teaching service for advice and to see what extra help they could advise offer - post tribunal she phoned them, I don't think the teacher really understood what she was asking for / meant to be doing so specialist teaching service said they had nothing to offer so teacher then spoke to their LA EP when they came into school and they also had no advice so that was the end of it - the school have put nothing in place for her, they totally do not understand what her needs are at all, the class teacher who is the senco does not know what hypermobility or dyspraxia is.because of this conversation I had with the teacher about all of the above I decided to get a much more detailed salt report done which looked in much more detail as to what her difficulites were

[Sally44]

The SALT report placed her 4/5 years behind. She needs a speech therapist to assess her, not a specialist teacher or EP. Each professional has their specialism. So the school, or EP should refer to the NHS SALT. The Primary school should have a referral process to SALT, or a budget for SALT input/assessment. Or contact the Community SALT department yourself, and ask to speak to the Speech Therapist in charge, and ask them to assess your daughter and provide a report - or, as you have a NIL, don't bother at all doing that and just appeal and see what the Panel have to say about the SALT report, and their advice for the school to seek Speech Therapy input and how both the school and LA EP failed to do that.

 

Mainstream secondary schools do not have a budget for SALT. If a child goes to mainstream they are supposed to be able enough not to need this type of therapy. If 1:1 SALT therapy is detailed in a report, it must go into the Statement and must be delivered wherever the placement.

 

As the LA have issued a NIL you can either have a meeting with the LA representative and detail all the things the school/LA have not done and which require a Statement to be delivered. Ask the LA representative to confirm to you in writing within 14 days if they are going to issue a Statement. If they do not issue a Statement, do not bother speaking with them again and detailing yet again what they have failed to do. They know they have failed to do it. They have done that deliberately. Just make sure that it is all included in your case Statement about how you have had to fight every inch of the way with the LA refusing to assess, then not fulfilling the requirements as per the previous Tribunal and issuing a NIL, and how your daughter is now heading to secondary xx years behind her peers, her speech and language xx years behind, with a diagnosis of x, y and z and how both the school and LA have failed to refer your daughter to the appropriate professional and how they are failing her and how you have no faith that they will properly assess, or quantify and specify and that is why the only placement that can deliver all your daughters needs is xxxxx secondary school.

 

And good luck. I know it has been very downheartening how they have behaved towards your daughter, put lay all this out to the next Tribunal Panel as an example of what you have been enduring for years and how your daughter now needs the placement you are seeking as the ONLY placement that can meet her needs, and provide the therapy and remediation [the professional input to help her make progress] to reach her potential.

[bjkmummy]

well the date came today - January next year. today was also the deadline for the LA to respond to my complaint and of course nothing at all has come so they haven't met that deadline which is no real surprise.

 

gave the teacher/senco the report with the asd dx this morning - she asked me what was happening with the statement - explained that the LA have issued a NIL and she responded by saying 'whats a NIL' so I give up..... I did say we would likely be appealing again to tribunal which she then responded that she hoped the LA wouldn't be calling her again to the next tribunal

[bjkmummy]

the LA have responded - they are saying each school has delegated funding of 10k per child so the school is expected to spend 10k on her and therefore they feel her needs can be met within this budget. they make no mention of the salt report which has been served on them after the NIL was issued so think they are just going to ignore that. no mention is made of her new asd dx either.

 

they say they don't have to specify or quantify anything as they have issued a NIL. it didn't go to panel as the sen officer can make that decision herself due to her experience. they don't agree that the code states that if a child needs 1:1 that a statement should be issue - the examples used in part 8:13 are just guidance only. they don't accept she needs specialist teaching. they don't mention OT for obvious reasons.

 

spoke to the senco this morning and handed the asd dx report over - also she asked me what had happened and explained the LA had issued a NIL - she then asked me what a NIL was............

 

will do the letter re the school funding tonight as had my head in the sand about it - cant bare to meet with the LA to talk about it but guess I have to although I have now obviously appealed - the letter today reveals an awful lot and they clearly don't have a clue

[Sally44]

Okay. So how much of that £10K is currently being spent on your daughter? And on what provision.

That tells you what she is currently getting, which is not meeting her needs.

Write to the LA about the SALT input required and diagnosis of an ASD.

They do need to be specific [quantify and specify], what support is currently being provided and what that costs otherwise the LA cannot know if her needs can be met within that £10K budget. So ask the LA for a breakdown of how her needs will be met over and above what she is currently receiving.

Your daughter will need a Statement for any 1:1 speech and language therapy as that is only funded via a Statement. Get confirmation from the school on how much 1:1 SALT and specialist teaching your daughter could receive as part of that £10K delegated funding.

If they don't accept she needs specialist teaching is that in writing? If not ask them to put it in writing. And ask them how the school will access specialist teaching so that your daughter makes progress and ask about remediation [additional support to help her catch up].

You really have to push them for the specifics. If they refuse to give them to you lodge a complaint with the LA. Make their life difficult.

[bjkmummy]

ive got a meeting later next week with the senco/class teacher so will put all these questions to her and will ask again for the schools sen budget - read the letter from last time and they wont tell me as school so small so the children could be identifiable but in the last hearing she revealed how many children were on the sen register in the hearing. I know its confidential info so im not going to be sharing it around, I don't want it for that purpose

[bjkmummy]

okay spoke to the senco - daughter is getting about 18 hours of support a week via 1:1 and small group work - max size of group is 8 children - school have no budget at all for SALT OT or specialist teaching - all of their sen budget is used to provide a TA in each class to support the children and my daughter benefits from that. teacher also said that she has concerns about the OT and salt as it would mean that she would need to be withdrawn from class to have the therapy and she felt this wouldn't be good for her and that probably specialist provision where they had this onsite would be better for her.

 

she went on about her good progress - year 6 and we nearly know the first 200 HFA words!!! school not in my home LA, I askedthe LA to send the NIL to the school and they confirmed earlier this week they had sent it to school - senco today told me the sen officer herself turned up with it which is unusual that she even has the time to do it and also the school not even in the LA county and is in a small village in the middle of nowhere so not like she would have been on her way to somewhere

[Sally44]

Okay, so type up a letter about that meeting, and include everything the SENCO said, as you've stated above.

 

Just start the letter something like "Thank you for meeting with me in school on xx/xx/xx to discuss my daughter.

 

You informed me that ....... etc. Including the hours of support she has, how that is delivered, class sizes, no SALT or OT on sight and SENCOs recommendation that those professionals should be employed on site at whatever secondary school your daughter attends.

 

If your daughter is average cognitive ability she should be going mainstream. But she cannot go mainstream with her diagnosis, and the SENCO saying she "nearly" knows her 200 HF words! How would she access mainstream secondary education.

 

You can phone the secondary school your daughter would automatically go to and ask them if a child who does not consistently know the first 200 high frequency words be able to access the curriculum without support. And how could she. She obviously cannot read or write yet.

 

Have you had a meeting with the SEN Officer?

 

If the SENCO wants to add or deny anything they will respond to that letter.

 

And that letter is your record of evidence that you can submit at your next appeal.

[bjkmummy]

no ive not had the meeting with the sen officer = head in the sand so to speak but the LA because I complained about what has happened offered me a meeting with the sen officers boss and I guess I should take them up on their offer but im nervous about meeting with them as have had so many meetings with them over the years and they have proved absolutely pointless but guess I need to get my head out of the sand and arrange the meeting and confront them head on. I feel my nervousness is that I reveal too much which is stupid as I have nothing to hide/that they don't already know about but I think my nervousness is that I push about the salt report and that forces them to go and get another one done - that's what they did with her twin brothers tribunal with the OT report although the LA OT report was even worse - its just I guess we have been through so so much but I need to deal with it don't I!

 

school saying she will have a scribe/reader for the SATS - class teacher will do it for 2 children doing their sats so my daughter will be sharing which seems odd as I thought she would need someone herself. her reading words for the term have come home and as school so amazed at her 'nearly' knowing all of her first 200 HFW they have rewarded her by giving her spellings a year 1 child would know and increased the number from 5 to 10 - last year our dyslexia teacher asked the school to drop the number of spelling to 5 only and also her dyslexia action report said she should have reduced spellings - so im slightly miffed that they just upped them back up to 10 with no discussion with me or her dyslexia teacher

[Sally44]

You will need to meet with them as that shows you are trying to resolve the issues.

 

I know what you mean about revealing too much.

 

Try to remember that you already have lots of questions they need to answer.

 

So try to always put the ball back into their court. They do know what they are doing, and they are doing it deliberately. Don't answer questions like "what do you want". It isn't about what you want it is about what your daughter needs to make progress and that will require a Statement.

 

The SEN Officer has said your daughters needs can be met from the schools delegated funding. Ask them to explain HOW they will meet each and every need she has.

 

Is there anyone you could take with you to the meeting?