Funding for Private Provision

My daughter is diagnosed AuDHD and receives high rate daily living DLA and low mobility. No EHCP.

She attended a private Waldorf school until it closed down in 2024. Waldorf has a very different approach to education which was accessible to her.

After the closure there was a nearly 2yr court battle between myself and her father as he tried to force her into state school. CAFCASS concluded that would not be in her best interests and would in fact be harmful for her to attend state school and it was court ordered that she would not be made to. She was to be home educated and attend a Waldorf home education group four days a week - highlighting that the Waldorf approach is the type of education that she can access. I was able to receive financial support for this through UC as it was Ofsted registered as childcare.

She has now aged out of that provision and wishes to attend another private Waldorf school, ideally starting in Sept for the next two years for her GCSE's. (She would be going into year 10)

Unfortunately the fees would stretch the family budget to it's max and the schools own funding applications have closed for this upcoming year.

What funding sources are available?

Would a section 19 be applicable here?