so my son has learning difficulties, doesn’t have an ECHP but has been in mainstream school all his life with support provided by the school, extra time in exams etc. He has just started college doing catering at level 1 (no exams results necessary). The class has 14 pupils and some TA’s (pretty sure I was told 4-5 but this does seem high so don’t quote me). After a week the tutor contacted me concerned and suggested he be better off on the SEN course as it’s only got 7 in it and runs 9-2 x 3 days per week (this also has to include redoing maths and English) and it’s at least an hours drive from us. He would not be able to make his own way there. We are encouraging him to be independent. We declined but left it open that he would try it for a week to see if he prefers it but haven’t heard anything back - we are now week 6.
Today he saw an email open on his teachers laptop from the head of curriculum saying that he needs “go now” and that they “need to tell them that (in a polite way)”.
My son had partial hearing and facial palsy too which makes communication harder but they’ve given him a Chinese maths teacher who has a strong accent and so he’s struggling to understand her and vice verca.
We have a meeting with them in the morning and I’m wondering where we stand legally. Can they make him change courses?
He is registered disabled having a heart condition.
