Exclusion - does this sound right?

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Ds attends school for his statemented hours only and has 4 half-days with 1 full day.Following an incident ds was excluded for 2 days and I assumed that this would be for 2 half-days as that is what he does most days. They have said that they have excluded for the equivalent of 2 full days so he will miss Fri pm, Monday, Tuesday and Weds. One of these days is his full-time day so it actually equates to 2.5 days by my reckoning. Is this a try on?

Think they are taking the pee tbh. 2 half days ashould have been quite enough., It like 4 days to him, not 2.

Might simply be an error, check with the school.

I think it's unfortunate but it has to be consecutive days. I assume the full day is not wednesday?

I believe that the recommendation is that a temporary exclusion should be for as short a time as possible whilst still reflecting the severity of the action which caused it to be meted out. I know that any SN should be taken into account when making the decision to exclude.

You should have received a letter detailing the terms and dates of the exclusion, when your DS is to return and your right to appeal etc. If you haven't the action is illegal. ACE (online) are your experts in this area - have a look at their download on exclusions and ring their helpline if you have any queries.

I assume the incident happened last Thursday? So he has missed Friday and Monday already?

If he's excluded for two full days, then that can only be for teaching time. It's not an exclusion if he's not going to be at school anyway, is it?

Why is he not getting his legal entitlement to a full time education? If it's the school trying to save their budget - they can't do that!

Some kids can't cope with full time education. Reduced timetables can be negotiated for various reasons.

Yes. I know.

My children both have autism.

when my youngest started school, the school tried to force us to bring him only the hours that the lea were funding, because they didn't want to put in the extra hours they would otherwise need to put in, because he needed full time 1:1 and the lea only covered teaching hours.

I was just wondering if it was the school trying it on.

arrghh! oldest. oldest started school! sorry. have got youngest on the brain tonight.

He attempted to strangle another child today.

What your DS did to get excluded is relevant to whether or not YABU.
Can't say one way or the other.

Actually, I can! YANBU to question this at school and say you are unsure how they have calculated the exclusion period.
Say that 2.5 days is an error IYO.

When was he actually excluded? I think that if the incident happened after 10.30 am in Friday, for example, and he was sent home then, the 2 day exclusion period would not start til the next day. I am readmitting from a 2 day exclusion on Thursday - exclusion happened Monday dinnertime, boy sent home in the afternoon, excluded Tues and Wed so back Thursday am.