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Here you'll find advice from parents and teachers on special needs education.

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UPDATE; DS to be excluded from school as no help for him.

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HappyNewYearFeet06 · 02/04/2008 22:01

Ds age 10 is having problemsat school. Support worker hasleft andtheyhavedrafted in anoher member of staff until theyget another support worker in. Headteacher has got it into her head that suspending him for fixed number of days amounting into permanent exclusion will help him get the help he needs and also a special school rather than mainstream.

Well he has been suspended twice in the past 2 weeks. Today because he wouldn't do his work as they had taken him out of the classroom for no reason and because another child threw a stick at him which made him angry but he didn't retaliate in any way.

I am so angry as I know that he will be permanently excluded before long and I will have him at home until September. HCC are dragging their heels when it comes to special placement for him in September and its frustrating as we want it sorted so we know which school he will be at.

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HappyNewYearFeet06 · 02/04/2008 22:02

Sorry about the typing errors my keyboard isn't working properly!!

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bonkerz · 02/04/2008 22:04

my son has had this happen to him. The head at sons mainstream called in student support who offered 2 hours a week support in school and eventually my son was placed in a pupil referral unit because he was at risk of permanent exclusion, is this sort of thing available in your area???? Does your son have a statement?

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cornsilk · 03/04/2008 12:38

Why exactly was your son suspended? It doesn't sound as if he has done anything to justify a suspension to me. Not doing his work? How long was he suspended for?

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HappyNewYearFeet06 · 05/04/2008 09:42

Sorry I haven't got back sooner. Ds is statemented and its states that he should get 15 hours of support a week. His support worker left so he is working alongside another teacher until they get another support teacher. He didn't deserve the suspension and the headteacher is only doing it as she is building it up to a permanent exclusion so he can get the special school placement that she feels he needs.

I have spoken to IPSEA since I put this thread up and the lovely man there said I need to send a letter to my LEA with a copy to headteacher and chair of governers stating that his behaviour is due to his disability and he shouldn't be suspended for that purpose. Also, that because his exclusions are due to his special needs excluding him clearly demonstrates that there is a failure to arrange appropriate and adequate special educational provision.

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bonkerz · 05/04/2008 09:50

goodluck, it sounds to me like oyu also have a very good case for calling an emergency statement review and forcing them to give full time support. What oyu have descirbed certainly sounds like disability discrimination, the school have to prove that they are excluding him because of his behaviour and that his behaviour is not related to his disability which it is!!!!This was the same with my son although we have no diagnosis so couldnt persue this path! Contatc your local SENA and ask about a statement review as 15 hours is NOT meeting your sons needs, also talk to head about putting what she has told you in writing. I have struggled in past getting head to admit all the things she has said to me and she made me look like a liar to LEA.

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HappyNewYearFeet06 · 05/04/2008 10:01

The guy from IPSEA said that the letter will mean that they call a review meeting and his statement will be amended. We can then start looking for an appropriate school for Year 7 in September.

I am quite looking forward to their response.

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bonkerz · 05/04/2008 10:08

goodluck i know from experiance it takes forever to get things done. You need to start making a real nuisance of yourself!

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HappyNewYearFeet06 · 05/04/2008 11:14

I was told that by someone the other day too! Now I have been told to write this letter and actually spoken to the man from IPSEA, I am ready to kick butt, lol!

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bonkerz · 05/04/2008 19:22

Good on you. Its tough to stay strong and focused! Mumsnet has helped me loads and we are in a better place now than we were a year ago, Kick Butt!!!!

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slapheadsrock · 05/04/2008 19:32

We were in a similar situation with our son, and found that whenever anything went wrong - however trivial and no matter what his response, the school began ecluding him for 'nothing'. He is the same age as yours, so we took the decision of looking at other local schools, and eventually moved the whole family a few months ago. Best thing we ever did. He is a different child, and have had no problems at all last term.
I personally hate the whole system - whatever happened to 'every child matters'?

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HappyNewYearFeet06 · 06/04/2008 14:41

slapheadsrock. We moved our ds at the beginning of Year 6 last September and everything changed. The new school was fab and he did sooo well. However, the headteacher changed over Xmas and the new one is awful and it all started when she took over. Its now ended up being like it was at his previous school because they don't give a monkeys about him basically, whereasthe headteacher that wasat theschool betweeen September and Xmas was fab and really did everything so he responded well. I am glad you have had a fresh start and everything is going well.

Mumsnet is a great help too and I feelso much better knowing there is peopleI can talk to if I need to. Thank you.