[senco-forum] Writing to a head about rights to withdraw

From: "webmaster at aylesburyvale-sec.bucks.sch.uk"

At 12:00 05/07/2006 +0100, senco-forum-request at lists.becta.org.uk wrote:
>From: "webmaster at aylesburyvale-sec.bucks.sch.uk"
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>Subject: Re: [senco-forum] Writing to a head about rights to withdraw
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>Thank you for this Brendan. So just to clarify:
>
>Your advice would be that this parent should write to the
>head making a request for statutory assessment. Perhaps she
>should also raise concerns about 2 MFLs and suggest that she
>would hope that the statement would say 1 MFL.
>
>Then when she is asked for parental advice/contribution she
>should bring up all her worries including the MFL issue.
>
>My concerns would be that the LA decide not to make a
>statutory assessment (the school may well choose not to make
>a very good case for one) and also that the child will have
>to cope with the full curriculum (including 2 MFL) during
>the 6 month wait for a statement.

I agree with Brendan on long-term need for support, but you could also 
investigate whether this school is aware of its duties to make reasonable 
adjustments for child's disabilities -- dropping/disapplication of subjects 
very easy and cost free therefore totally reasonable. Complaint to govs if 
no positive response from school, then Secretary of State and/or SENDIST if 
school refuses.

DDA 1995 as amended by SENDA 2001. See DRC web site for code of practice.

Advice (this is just a pointer) from the horse's mouth available from IPSEA.

Chris