Nice People Thread Part 9 - and so it continues

LydiaJ

SingleSue wrote: »

Also a very busy morning which included a meeting with the head of 6th form for middle son as it appears his support has completely disappeared...seems people magically get better when they reach 6th form and no longer need the help their statement has provided for the last 10 years.

Oh Sue. I hope that wretched school gets its act sorted out soon. There have been too many episodes like this.

mystic_trev

zagubov wrote: »

Envious of lj's Public Service Broadcasting concert. I know someone who went to a concert in Brum the other day, a band called Mott the Hoople and guessing not many here will remember them.:)

I saw them in 1971 on a double bill with Argent. Happy days!

PasturesNew

mystic_trev wrote: »

I saw them in 1971 on a double bill with Argent. Happy days!

Hold Your Head Up .....
Loved Argent

michaels

LydiaJ wrote: »

Oh Sue. I hope that wretched school gets its act sorted out soon. There have been too many episodes like this.

I agree with Lydia, presumably the school are receiving extra money reflecting your boys' additional needs, I would have thought not spending the money on them amounted to fraud.

Spirit_2

SingleSue wrote: »

Frost here this morning...made my car CD player go silly.

Also a very busy morning which included a meeting with the head of 6th form for middle son as it appears his support has completely disappeared...seems people magically get better when they reach 6th form and no longer need the help their statement has provided for the last 10 years.

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What did the head of 6th form say?

How does the transition from statement level support through sixth form and on to higher education work?

My DD was not statemented however has some challenges which were assessed and she was given a laptop, 'special' software and mentoring when at University for her undergraduate degree.

For her MA there was no support requested or offered and we did not think it a problem until she asked OH to look at some graphs she had done in excel as they did not fit with other qualitative findings , and he and found almost all of her interpretations were back to front.

SingleSue

I have no idea to be honest, middle son is the first of mine to transition while statemented as James was not statemented.

The head of 6th form gave the excuse that the person who dealt with student issues had left and they were waiting for someone else to be appointed (goodness knows why the SENCO doesn't have involvement now) but he would have a word with middle son in a bid to make him feel more supported. He did have a word and middle son now feels a little better but in practical terms, it really doesn't address the problem.....

James without a statement was much better supported, had much more help and that help continues in university...but then, James has always been very vocal about what help he needs and is very forthright when it comes to getting it whereas middle son is much quieter and things will build up until he finally has enough and will tell me, hence why I knew nothing about it until the end of last week!

Arrgghhhh, now battling to get both younger boys' statements met as youngest's has all but disappeared again this term!

silvercar

SingleSue wrote: »

Also a very busy morning which included a meeting with the head of 6th form for middle son as it appears his support has completely disappeared...seems people magically get better when they reach 6th form and no longer need the help their statement has provided for the last 10 years.

I wouldn't be surprised if support doesn't disappear without a re-assessment once a pupil is beyond what was, until recently, school leaving age. I would have thought that a school would only be able to offer a sixth form place if they were able to put the facilities in place to offer appropriate support.

michaels wrote:

I agree with Lydia, presumably the school are receiving extra money reflecting your boys' additional needs, I would have thought not spending the money on them amounted to fraud.

My background in this is out of date, but I would have expected a reassessment. Not least because in studying only 3 or 4 subjects and already knowing how well you can do them, for some pupils the problems go away.

When I worked in FE, the statements never followed the students. They always had to be re-assessed from scratch, even if the last statement was recent.

bugslet

zagubov wrote: »

Envious of lj's Public Service Broadcasting concert. I know someone who went to a concert in Brum the other day, a band called Mott the Hoople and guessing not many here will remember them.:)

Roll Away the Stone remains a favourite!

@Single sue - all I can do is wish you good luck, even I would hae thought it would be easy to continue the support, it isn't as if it is something new.

Mr Bugs is back at the nursing home.

LydiaJ

silvercar wrote: »

I wouldn't be surprised if support doesn't disappear without a re-assessment once a pupil is beyond what was, until recently, school leaving age. I would have thought that a school would only be able to offer a sixth form place if they were able to put the facilities in place to offer appropriate support.

My background in this is out of date, but I would have expected a reassessment. Not least because in studying only 3 or 4 subjects and already knowing how well you can do them, for some pupils the problems go away.

When I worked in FE, the statements never followed the students. They always had to be re-assessed from scratch, even if the last statement was recent.

Reassessment sounds sensible for the reasons you mention, but discontinuing support while making no attempts to reassess is ridiculous.

PasturesNew

bugslet wrote: »

Roll Away the Stone remains a favourite!

I liked that one too.