Can a school refuse a child with an ehcp who previously attended the achool

School are refusing to admit due to relationships with peers

Is it worth pursuing a refusal to assess for my autistic son's EHCP application

Obvious reasons why it might not be granted is that he is achieving well academically in school, good attendance and no behavioural concerns. However, he has to wear a significantly adapted uniform which takes a significant emotional toil on him to wear. He would be a school refuser were there to be a small shift in circumstances for example my husband works in the school and this may not always be the case, certainly not in secondary school and his current school have indicated that they may change the policy on his adapted uniform. We are considering getting an educational pscyhologist report (privately funded) now, would this be valuable and worth the investment for this process or to support ongoing adjustments during his remaining educational years. He is in a private school currently so we have also thought about requesting an EHCP (no funding) route. There is no local authority involvement in his care currently but he is likely to move into the state sector in secondary school. He is in year 5.

Can the LA refuse to consult an Independent mainstream

My LA is refusing to consult a mainstream secondary independent unless I agree to pay the school fees, and they will pay any top up from the EHCP (very little support needed at the moment) my child is mainly SEMH does not want sen in a mainstream but wants to go to a small class size mainstream (independent) LA is refusing, I will appeal but is it lawful to refuse to consult the school? they seem to be using a loop hole by re stating they are not refusing to consult, they will consult if I agree to pay the fees is this lawful?

Can my son take Functional Skills for Maths and English instead of GCSEs?

This is at a mainstream school with ARP (which covers Maths and English). He has an EHCP and school think he will struggle even with the Functional Skills, but they say as a mainstream school they cannot let him only do the FS, he has to do the GCSEs in both subjects as well.

Can the LA change the funding without informing me?

There is a note on my child EHCP about the funding band that the school receives. After the last annual review, it was increased to M5.
But when the plan was reissued to include the secondary school they will attend in September, the funding code is back down to M4.
Nobody mentioned this to us, and we don't know what the secondary school has seen in terms of budget available to support her.
We have asked the coordinator if it was an error and they have been investigating for 5 weeks now.

It would be useful to know where we stand - is the LA allowed to reduce the funding without the plan changing otherwise?

If the appeal for sections B, F and I are resolved prior to tribunal, can we still go to tribunal for sections D and H?

We are close to resolving section F with the local authority. However, sections D and H are very much disputed. We strongly need a social care recommendation from the tribunal but are worried that if sections B, F and I are resolved, we would lose our legal entitlement to section H being reviewed at tribunal.

How do I get an EHCP without a diagnosis and how do I access an alternate provision if we don't get an EHCP?

I have a 13 yr old son who has been home educated since Sep 25. We were failed by our primary school when they kept referring him for ASD and ADHD and telling us that he was "managing with scaffolding" when he was clearly struggling and failed all his SATs. He went to a private school for 1 year and they deferred him back a year because of his delayed learning, they did a Sandwell assessment that showed he was working at 7-8years old in every area, but then the school closed down so we chose to home educate (there was huge anxiety around school and learning and it had started manifesting as self harm also).

Since doing so we have realised just how far behind he is. The only official diagnosis we have is a visual processing disorder and after 3 ASD and ADHD referrals they all came back as inconclusive. We have an anxiety related Tourettes diagnosis and the consultant there wrote that he has an obvious learning disorder but then discharged us so we have no follow up for that. Our GP has just told us to get in touch with the LA to get an EHCP but I dont think that will do much good when hes home ed so we have no capacity for an ed-psych or similar. We are struggling with traditional home-ed as there is severe anxiety around learning in the traditional sense so I would like to let him access an alternative provision for 1 or 2 days a week but I cant even find anything that we can fund privately.

So I suppose my question is in 3 parts -
1. do I need to get a diagnosis or where do I get any support for a "learning disorder" and how do we find out the full extent of it? (hes had testing for global delay that was negative)
2. I know I need to start the process for an EHCP but Im at a loss how I do this as a home educator and without a diagnosis and no professional/medical support?
3. Is an EHCP the only way to access an alternative provision?

Can I contribute my EHCP to this site? If yes, how do I do it?

Can Section F identify a school and its provision

In Section F of EHCP it is stated that 'Whilst at (named school)' the pupil will have X provision. The EHCP is written like this for most of Section F. Is this correct?

EHCP was issued with no school named. Initially mainstream but now agreed mainstream is not appropriate. The LA have consulted for a school place with incorrect diagnosis, stating that my daughter has MLD social and behavioural needs when she is SpLD, intelligent and has no social or behavioural needs. Are they breaking the law in doing this?