STATEMENTING

[tinalee]

after many years of battle with my sons catholic primary school i have taken him out and moved him this sept to a new school. the new school is great but feel they may not be able to cope with my sons extreme behaviour. so at long last we are requesting a STATEMENT!!!! lol. its almost like xmas has come as i have long believed jamie just needs a different teaching environment (as in one to one, small pupil groups) and he will do really well.

has anyone been through statementing and what should i expect? the request goes in after easter hols, then 6 weeks to panel, then min 26 weeks for the statement itself so with luck and a fair amount of nagging by me we could be starting yr 3 in sept with his very own statement!! whoop whoop!!

[MATTSMUM]

i hope you have more luck than we dad my son is 5 yr 1 put in request. community peadatrician requested stuff like educational psychologist report, info from teacher about behaviour in class, education inclusion service testing, speech and language therapy report so all this went in with parental request for statement. after 6 wks it was knocked back!! my son is too clever although only 5 and socially 3-4yrs academically he is 6 1/2 yrs!! so no statement despite there being issues in school days on the yard and outside the classroom where he has no structure and routine. They say kids need to be in bottom 1% to receive a statement, wanted to appeal told not bother by local parent partnership as still wouldn't get 1.

try and get a caf form done asap too
good luck