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It depends on the individual statements. You should check what?each statement specifies in Part 3. The legal duty is for the? LA to quantify the type and amount of support normally in hours per week. If the statements have been left vague, however, it may be difficult to challenge on legal grounds. But, if the children have been getting a particular type and?level of support due to having a statement -- in order to fulfill the objectives and programmes specified in the statement -- then withdrawing that provision to meet the system requirements of the school -- rather than the needs of the child -- could be construed as unlawful even though the hours of support are not specified in particular statementrs. But, by the time parents have got a legal case going -- the 2 months may be up. But parents should be informed that the support is being withdrawn for 2 months to meet the needs of other children -- and If I was a parent I would immediately lodge?a formal complaint to the Go
 verning Body -- with a copy of the complaint to the LA. There is a complaint route to the Secretary of State for unreasonableor unlawful action by the school -- but that'll take longer than 2 months. But if all parents od affected children ?make a big fuss -- the management my think again. Brendan King (speaking on won behalf)???

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From: Barbara James &lt;bc52james at hotmail.com&gt;

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Sent: Fri, 11 Apr 2008 19:33

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  Hi there,     I am just wondering if anyone has any thoughts or advice that could be helpful.  I work in a large primary school and we have several children who are   statemented in Year 6.  We now also have a few children in the lower school who have just completed   their assessments and are also statemented.     My problem is that the SMT propose to move the teaching assistants who suport   the Year 6 pupils after SATs to support the younger pupils. This means that the   Year 6 pupils will lose their support for two months and I thought that this was   a legal entitlement. I am trying to suggest that another TA could be employed,   at leaswt to the end of the school year and then the TAs from Year 6 could work   with the younger pupils. I would be grateful for any advice.  Thanks  _________________________________________________________________  Welcome to the next generation of Windows Live  http://www.windowslive.co.uk/get-live  

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