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Permanent exclusion-how do I find a new school that will take an excluded child?

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Alwaystoblame · 27/05/2022 14:10

Posting for traffic.
How do I go about finding my Dd a new school if she's been permanently excluded? How likely are good schools to take her on in year 10 with an appalling attendance and behaviour record? She's very bright and doing very well academically when are bothers to go to class and do the homework. Attendance in in the 60s for this year. Even when she dies go in she is late and/or truants classes.
I have 2 previous threads about the issues she's having but I wanted to ask specifically about new schools without getting detailed.

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Ski4130 · 27/05/2022 14:26

Has she already been excluded? If not you can ask for a managed move to another school IF the current school will work with you/her on that, or you can apply for an in year move to another school, without involving her current school in that process. These things can only happen before she’s excluded though, I think (but not 100%) that once a child is excluded, it's difficult to transition to another school and a PRU will be offered.

FWIW we moved our ds in Yr10 and it can be done (he hadn't been excluded, so I don't really know much about the options open to you once that's happened though)

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Alwaystoblame · 27/05/2022 14:24

Fuck. She thinks she can waltz into another school with no issue. Her dad seems to think the same. There are two pupil referral units in the area that I know of.

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Bluevelvetsofa · 27/05/2022 14:22

Your best bet is to see what the LA come up with. Maybe there’s a college course, that she could combine with Maths and English GCSE.

Pinkflamingoseverywhere · 27/05/2022 14:21

Can she do a managed move if she's already permanently excluded? As with a managed move you usually go back to your original school if you don't behave, like a 6 week trial for example.

You need to contact the education dept at your council, they can advise what schools have spaces in your area.

Bluevelvetsofa · 27/05/2022 14:21

A managed move will be very difficult, for the same reasons. There’s effectively only two and a half terms of GCSE work and it’s unlikely she’d be able to catch up almost two years work.

Nat6999 · 27/05/2022 14:20

She will get sent to a pupil referral unit, somewhere that deals with pupils who have been expelled from school, it could be miles away from where you live unless you can find a school yourself. The chances of you finding a school are low because most are full or won't take kids that won't behave.

pinksquash13 · 27/05/2022 14:20

Her last school might have some suggestions for managed moves. Schools generally aren't keen to take on pupils like that as you can imagine. Otherwise let the LA sort it.

Bluevelvetsofa · 27/05/2022 14:19

If it’s a permanent exclusion, the school should provide work until the exclusion is finalised and the local authority will have to find some form of education for her. I think it would be difficult to find another school at this stage of Year 10 and there’s no guarantee that other schools would be able to accommodate GCSE choices.

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Alwaystoblame · 27/05/2022 14:18

I think they do unless I can find one that will take her as a managed move.

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Hadalifeonce · 27/05/2022 14:12

Is it not up to the LA to find a school?