[senco-forum] Ruth Kelly case

Paid for by whom?

  Amanda
  Secondary SENCO
  Cornwall

Garner Philip <Philip.Garner at northampton.Ac.Uk> wrote:
  The 'Kelly Case' raises interesting questions - it nicely incorporates mainstream versus separate specialist settings, as well as private versus State-funded provision. Hours of endless debating here - our MA students will have a field day...

On a related matter, let me pose a question:

Supposing a child/young person has a learning need which the parents/carers feel is not being adequately addressed by the school at Action or Action-Plus levels. This has been an ongoing situation for at least 18 months and has been discussed at a variety of levels in the school and in the LA. The case does not involve a Statement. The question: is there a legal (as opposed to ethical/moral) problem in the school concerned agreeing to accept some form of covenant which allows it to employ a specialist teacher or specialist TA to attend to the child/young person's need (and to those of other youngsters who may need similar support?)?

I'd be interested in the views of the Forum on this matter.

Thanks

Philip Garner

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Subject: [senco-forum] Ruth Kelly case

I think the interesting point about the Ruth Kelly case, is that there has not been a decision that the boy requires a Statement in order to have his needs met. The implication is that the LA has not come to the conclusion that its existing provision makes it impossible to meet his needs adequately in his present school with or without any available additional resourcing. 

Consequently, one presumes that she does not agree - and this is her assessment of the quality of the available provision for children in general.

Klaus Wedell

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Amanda
Secondary SENCO
Cornwall