Final statement EHCP. Confusion about terms.

outsidethebox1

Hi there.

Just received the final statement for EHCP for my 4 year old who started main stream

Primary 1 in September past. She was referred for this by nursery who noticed she was behind her peers and with further assessment from an Educational Psychologist who agreed. She has no official diagnosis but she is awaiting speech therapy from NHS, we have attended privately in mean time but the speech therapist did suggest she may have DLD (developmental language disorder). She struggles with her communication and not fully toilet trained yet she needs help with this. She did struggle in nursery but seems to be thriving now in mainstream! It seems the smaller class numbers and the more focused learning has really helped her. Her teacher did a IEP at the beginning stating how they will help her and set targets etc. Anyways my question is in her statement it reads she 'will have access to 17.5 hours classroom assistance per week to support the school in meeting (blanks) special educational needs etc. I've included the specific page.to show the full details. I know school can provide up to 15 hours I'm just wondering does that mean she will have a 1 to 1 as it doesn't specifically say that? I queried this at draft stage with the EA and was told it would be included in the main final statement after correspondence with her school when hours are discussed. She does need support as although she is doing brilliantly right now I worry as the school year progresses and gets more intense she will struggle. If the hours aren't 1 to 1 what was the point in pursing the EHCP in first place?

Also note her class is very small numbers and there is another child with SEN with greater needs than my child and has an assistant specific for them. I can't imagine they'd hire another TA or would they try and allocate my child to the one already present which doesn't seem fair.

Any advice would be great. Thank you