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If a decision is made to electively home educate a child who previously had a school-based IDP, does the school-based IDP automatically cease upon deregistration from the school? Is the LA then required to determine whether it will maintain the IDP?
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If a request is made for the LA to review and revise a school-based IDP with the view it becomes an LA-maintained IDP, and the LA panel decides that additional evidence and assessments from the school are needed before reaching a decision, what happens if the child is removed from the school roll during this process? Does the panel need to reconsider the request and decide whether to maintain the IDP, given that there is no longer a school to provide the requested evidence or implement recommendations? Or should a new request be made for the LA to determine whether the child has ALN?
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ETW appeal – placement named in the IDP – How to write a case statement and evidence that the environment is not suitable for the child.
A child in Wales with ALN, has been permanently excluded twice from mainstream secondary schools and now has a LA-maintained IDP. The parent wants to appeal the school named in the IDP. The concern is not about the school’s ability to deliver the ALP, but that the environment is unsuitable due to the child’s extreme anxiety and past negative experiences with pupils who attend the school named. The child refuses to visit the school or even enter certain towns where the child may see these individuals, and the parent fears this will prevent the child from accessing education and may pose a safety risk.
How can the parent reflect this clearly in their case statement, and what evidence can they provide to support the appeal, especially given that the child will not visit the school and this is purely based on the child's feelings?