[senco-forum] Advice needed urgently. Statemented pupil placementat our school.

From: "Clare Bailey" <c.bailey100 at cobweb.uk.com>

However. If parents of a kid with a statement want a school, ultimately, 
they're going to get it.

Brian

>From: "Clare Bailey" <c.bailey100 at cobweb.uk.com>
>To: <senco-forum at lists.becta.org.uk>
>Subject: [senco-forum] Advice needed urgently. Statemented pupil 
>placementat our school.
>Date: Tue, 1 May 2007 18:08:22 +0100
>
>Hello everyone, I need you advice as to how best to explain that a 
>requested
>placement at our school for a statemented pupil will be to the detriment of
>the other pupils.
>
>
>
>The request is from parents who feel that no progress has been made in the
>previous primary school.  They want the child to join our Year 3 in
>September.  We have a fixed number of 60 in the Year group and an 
>additional
>entry would make this number 61.  We have very small classrooms which are
>really only suitable for 30 children and there really isn't space for work
>stations etc. and still have space for the other children to sit on the
>carpet etc.  The pupil is entitled to 15 hours of  support, which we would
>have to fund as it is a 'high incident' need (ADHD, traits of autism and
>sensory modulation difficulties).  Additionally three sessions of OT with a
>Teaching assistant is needed per week.  We can not afford this, we are a
>small school and already fund individual support for another child without 
>a
>statement but with similarly challenging needs.  I have full sympathy for
>the parents, but the impact on our other children would be great.  How is 
>it
>best to word our response which has to be in on Friday?
>
>
>
>Thanks, bailey100
>

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