Canopus Report post Posted September 14, 2005 Do LEAs liaise with or hold information about private sector schools, educational help centres, and colleges that admit under 16s? I have a strong feeling that they don't and their territory are state schools only. Therefore, if someone with SEN would benefit from such an organisation then they will not be informed of its existance by the LEA. Could anybody provide more info on this? An interesting sideline is that the NHS doesn't hold information about private medical facilities that offer services the NHS doesn't offer. I had bad astigmatism in one eye following an injury and wanted to find out more about laser treatment and whether it would be suitable. My optician knew nothing about laser eye surgery so referred my to my GP. My GP knew nothing either so referred me to a specialist in a hospital. The specialist was very unkind towards me and thought I was a hypocondriac. He told me that laser eye surgery was not available on the NHS and that the NHS didn't even know what organisations carried it out and I should stop wasting doctor's time. Eventually I had to find out about laser eye surgery on the internet and contact organisations that carried it out for more info. The treatment was found to be suitable and was carried out a few years ago with excellent results. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Zemanski Report post Posted September 14, 2005 LEAs are responsible for maintaining statements of children in private sector education but I don't know how much they actually do. When Com got his statement we were given a list of all state SEN schools/facilities in the area plus a list of DFES approved private schools providing specialist resources - I do know there are schools not on that list that provide specialist resources and I don't know what the criteria for getting on that list are, or even if the list still exists Zemanski Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kazzen161 Report post Posted September 14, 2005 When I was looking for schools for T, I was given two lists that had independent schools on them (but by no means a comprehensive list). My friend was not given these a few years ago - she was told she had to ask for them (from dfes?). My LEA certainly does not go out of it's way to tell you about independent schools. I was told that no independent schools woudl be considered unless all local LEA schools proved to be unsuitable. The Gabbitas directory is good if you can get hold of a copy. Karen Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
