Victoria started at Grange Park School today, a specialist provision for children with a primary diagnosis of autism....
Victory for Victoria!
Today I received a call I never expected to get from a Senior SEND Tribunal Officer at KCC to inform me that the local authority had agreed to name our preferred specialist provision on Victoria’s EHCP. No court hearing, no more fighting, Victoria is going to Grange Park!...
LA respond to our appeal
The Local Authority oppose our appeal, which is of little surprise except for the reasons. They oppose our appeal for changes to sections B and F as they now want to work with us on a working document to have changes agreed – it’s as if we haven’t tried already! They also oppose section...
EHCP and SEND Tribunal Training course
Attended a full day online training session run by Birkett Long Solicitors which I would thoroughly recommend for anyone at any stage of the EHCP or SEND Tribunal process....
Our appeal to SEND tribunal has been registered
AutismDAD is off to court in May 2024! Although it’s a long way off, is much sooner than the lead time was just a few months ago. Importantly, it is before the start of the next school year....
Appeal to SEND Tribunal lodged
We are getting legal!...
Response to our complaint to LA
In response to our complaint logged on 19th April with KCC, we received a response from Sarah Hammond (Coporate Director – Children, Young People and Education). Unfortunately this was a standard response basically saying they are experiencing delays in responding to complaints but they will respond as soon as possible. The annoying thing is,...
Contact Mediation Service
This is a necessary step before taking a case to tribunal...
Final EHCP Issued
For the first time ever KCC met a statutory deadline, however the “final” EHCP they issued was simply the “draft” we had already rejected as being incomplete and using inappropriate language (eg “as and when required”). The accompanying letter which should have explained the rationale for refusing a change of placement instead contained the...
Joined We Are Beams
Became a member of We Are Beams....