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Is the level of support detailed in the statement?  If so, it must be provided.  You are right that it is a legal entitlement.
  Are you funded separately for that support?  If so, then then you would probably need to employ more TAs to do the support.  You might want to move the experienced TAs to work with the younger children but it should not then leave the older pupils without the support they are entitled to.

  Amanda
  Secondary SENCO
  Cornwall

Barbara James <bc52james at hotmail.com> wrote:

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
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Amanda
Secondary SENCO
Cornwall