Aibu to think the school should include her?

[ElasticPants]

(I apologise as I've also posted in SN education, but it's very quiet there)

My 7 year old neice is at a Sen school. Once a week the class goes swimming at a local pool. The session this week is a fun swim as it is the last lesson this term. SiL has been told they can't cope with neice as she will play up. So she has to keep her at home then drop her at school once the class arrives back from swimming.

Does this happen at other schools? She has a statement and one to one. Surely the school should include her?

I would fully expect a child of mine to be excluded from a session at the pool that involved inflatables if their prior behaviour had resulted in incidents that were a danger to themselves and others. The OP said there had been previous incidents and that the ban was to do with behaviour.

That would only be acceptable if it had been explained to the child in advance that this would be the consequence of her actions and if her parents had been informed of this too. The fact that they expect her mother to keep her home instead speaks volumes about the school.

If she is putting herself or others in any kind of danger, either by dangerous action (intended or not) or by constantly taking attention away from other students who also need to be watched, then the school have the right to refuse on groups of duty of care to the others.

If it's neither of those I'd be pretty cross as swimming is very therapeutic and not enough schools do it now! Xx