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Hi. I am pretty sure you cant get PPP as that is not child specific but really part of a school funding package. If you want to home educate, you need to get this named on the ehc. Then you can ask for various bits of support to be listed in the ehc - and then it will be funded by the LA. But the LA might not be happy for you to do this and might be difficult. I suggest that you get proper support with this. See if there are any Facebook groups for home ed with an ehc plan for example. Or speak to ipsea or SOS!Sen. Good luck

Thanks. Really not sure what to do at the moment - maybe even asking school to reduce to part time though I don't expect they will say yes. I imagine any funding request re home ed will be rejected by the LA. There is no ideal option just lot of pro's and con's to everything.

Our AS In year 3 has just started a reduced timetable for a trial of 6 weeks. Can you contact virtual school to see what help they can provide. Our virtual school sends someone out to do therapeutic work one afternoon a week.

An EHCP can be met through home education - the LEA provide home tutoring 7.5 hrs per week in English and maths for my daughter who is 23 (EHCPs are valid till age 25) - she is unable to attend college or training at the moment due to mental health issues - my grandson who has high functioning autism also was technically home educated with an EHCP - he attended a home Ed provision (technically not a school as it was 10-3 4 days s week) - lots of the kids there are on the spectrum or unable to attend school because of bullying or other reasons - the LEA paid the costs and also paid for English and maths tutoring - in his case he attended Kip magrath twice a week. You don’t need to do the teaching yourself and it could include things like speech therapy or other therapies if they are in the plan - either arranged through statutory services or privately if necessary. You need to think carefully how the EHCP could be met and the reasons why home Ed would be best - then request a review. Contact IPSEA for advice - they are excellent. I don’t think PPP can be used as it is for the school but it’s worth asking

http://edyourself.org/ This website may have some useful info. And you can make an initial enquiry through the website (possibly a charge for advice?) https://www.educationotherwise.org/index.php/he-and-sen Education Otherwise may have a helpline. Haven't had time to read their website

I think you may be surprised what can be done x

We have a substantial funding package from our LA (far more than PPP) for us to organise our Yr 10 daughter's education, through a direct payment via her EHCP. Officially she is EOTAS (Education Other Than At School) not EHE (Elective Home Education). This is an important distinction because if you go for EHE and deregister her from school, you are taking full responsibility for her education, including financial responsibility, and the LA have no obligation to provide her with anything at all. So yes, it is possible. First however you would have to prove not just that this school can't meet her needs, but that no local school can meet her needs, mainstream or special. You would have to get some pretty hefty support from professionals (Ed Pysch? ASF-funded therapist? PASW?) saying that school as a setting is not appropriate for your daughter, and possibly the agreement of her current school that her needs aren't being met. I don't know how realistic you think this is? It's not impossible though, and if you can win it, it could be the best decision you have ever made! There are various FB groups you can try for advice - Home Educating in Forever Families is one, Home Education / EOTAS and Personal Budgets is another, and EHCP Experiences England is another.

Lots of helpful info, thanks everyone