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If your child has an Education, Health and Care Plan (EHCP), you can request that your Local Authority (LA) funds MVA fees directly.
The steps to request funding from your LA are as follows:
Contact your LA case worker/SEND team to let them know you wish to request funding for MVA, and ask them to send the EHCP as part of a consultation to MVA (email to ehcp@minervavirtual.com).
We will respond to the LA’s consultation to determine if and how we can implement the provisions outlined in the EHCP to meet the child/young person’s individual needs. We have a 15-day deadline to respond. If we can meet the needs stated in the EHCP, the LA will then decide if they agree to fund MVA’s fees. Usually, this will be funded through an EOTAS (Educated Other Than At School) package.
Due to the supportive and flexible nature of MVA's learning programmes, we can meet most needs outlined on an EHCP.
However, there are some common provisions that we are unfortunately not able to put in place; for example:
- As our academy is based online, students who attend have a lot more autonomy over their learning. As such the ability to control their environment and workload whilst working in a safe space can drastically improve their ability to access learning again. However, along with this autonomy, students are also required to take more responsibility for their own learning. If this is difficult, then they may require additional adult support at home.
- We are not able to provide daily check-ins with a key member of staff (students meet with their 1:1 mentor on a weekly basis).
- The students and their families are responsible for the physical learning environment; for example, physical equipment and resources, and multi-sensory input.
- Speech and Language Therapy (SaLT) and Occupational Therapy (OT) provision will need to be sourced locally by the LA, and provided for the student at home or at an alternative setting by specialist staff.
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