Quote Originally Posted by Omegstrat6 View Post
Thanks Al-though it's our son not daughter even if the length of his hair might indicate otherwise😁

Tbh, can't also claim full credit for home schooling him either as we were virtually forced to take him out of school because they simply could not meet his needs (he has aspergers amongst other issues). Like many parents in this situation it wasn't ideal because we then struggled financially as my wife had to give up work to care for him so we lost an income. In addition, whilst he had an EHCP, we got no financial help whatsoever towards his education at all for many years before our persistence finally paid off and he was eventually awarded some funding for home tuition which saw him through some GCSEs and now he is doing his A levels. For years though it was ourselves who home educated him. He is a bright lad but his range of issues make it unclear still what he will be able to do in the future and in our quiet moments we worry about that.
My son’s partner has a lad of 6 with with quite severe autism and it’s painfully obvious mainstream school is not right for him.

He’s muddled through reception and year 1 but kids get crueler as each year goes by.

It boils my p I s s at how difficult it is to get him the specialist school he needs and all this SENCO ( hope I got that right? ) is a total lottery and a shambles from what I’m hearing.

He really needs to be at the Sunfield School in Clent or similar.

To me, it’s already obvious that he’ll have to live with his mum and my son for life, he’s got no chance of ever having a relationship and a “normal” life.

Our country is hopeless at giving the correct help to those less fortunate.