Taking children out of school during term time

I will be taking my children out of school next month for our family holiday. 2 of my children have additional needs, one is diagnosed combined adhd and one awaiting assessment for adhd/asd. Neither of them cope well in overcrowded situations with one having social anxiety and the other being liable to wonder off etc. this is the main reason for going out of term time so it will not be as busy. Is there anything I can do in order to not receive an fine from my local authorities for doing this.

I would like to know if the LA, rather than the school, should lead when the grounds for asking for an emergency EHCP review involve a safeguarding issue in school.

My child has a neuro-degenerative disease and has been physically restrained without any consideration of the potential to harm him. The LADO is investigating, but the LA is delegating the EHCP review to the school. Is it the case that the LA should take the lead where safeguarding part of the reason for an EHCP review?

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We are in the final stages of EHCP. We have requested EOTAS (to pay for online school) and a personal budget. The LA have said "County Independent panel have reviewed your request for EOTAS and personal budget to fund Kings Inter High, further information is required before EOTAS can be considered. We will be contacting F...... high school to establish if they are able to support funding Kings Inter High as E. remains on their school roll. We will also be issuing consultations to independent settings to establish suitability; these consultations will be shared with you before they are issued." My question is does the LA pay for EOTAS - why are they asking the school? The LA tried to unroll her from mainstream but we said they could not do this until they have provided alternative provision - and we request EOTAS - were we wrong to do so?

My daughter is happy at online school. She has tried two mainstream schools and cannot manage. She will not attend school in person and the EP report is fairly conclusive with this regard.

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My child has been denied a special school, what can I do

My son is almost 4 and will be starting school in September, they have denied special school as he is a band 7 you need to be a band 8

He is non verbal, doesn't understand commands, barely turns his head to his name, the 2 mainstream schools I had to put down have came back to say they can't accommodate his needs, which I understand

My son attends nursery 9 hrs a week with funding of 1 to 1

I have explained no offence to my child but it will be like having a feral animal in the classroom, obviously this is why he needs a special school, he doesn't understand and will do his own thing, it won't be fair to him, the mainstream school or the other pupils

It went back to panel (EHCP) to question the 2 schools

I had time to think and got angry, I wrote an email stating why is the panel ignoring his needs, every professional person in the EHCP advised he had complex needs and why are they ignoring that he needs special school

It has been passed on to the panel

What can I do if they still say no

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Naming a CIC in Section I

My daughter has severe SEMH needs and we’ve identified a CIC which delivers alternative provision for children with SEMH, however they only offer part time hours 15 hours over 2.5 days. The LA are saying as the organisation is not a school, they cannot name it. The organisation have said that they have other kids who attend with EHCPs and this is funded through a personal budget. The other 10 hours to make up full time provision we are considering another provider which isn’t a school but an alternative provision provider. We’re anxious to know whether we can have named in section I of my daughter’s EHCP the CIC and also if we can also have named the other provider for the other 10 hours?

Can Minerva virtual academy be named in an ehcp ,?

LA are saying as cfa 2014 does not mention online schools 38(3) we cannot request it. Even though Minerva appears on the dfe get information about schools list.
The La also says that even though it is dfe approved and meets ofsteds online accreditation we cannot use it until it is added to the LA’s approved alternative providers list by which time our daughter will have missed an entire academic year (year 7)