School acting unlawfully?

[emmapemma91]

My little girl started a new school Monday, she’s 6 and starting year 2. She has SEN and is waiting for assessment for possible autism.
Today she was only at school for an hour and I got a phone call saying to pick her up as they ‘can’t deal with her needs and she’s disrupting the class’.
Now she’s been put on reduced timetable, only doing mornings. Obviously I’m concerned about her mental health and how she’s coping but isn’t sending her home ‘unofficial exclusion’?. And should I call them out on this? They’ve said they’re going to need her picked up again tomorrow if she doesn’t settle. And it seems a bit extreme to put her on a reduced timetable after only 2 full days.

I will start the EHCP process soon but know the school need to use their resources to try settle her first, but it seems like they aren’t prepared.

[Pobblebonk]

@movingonup20

Dd is autistic, we picked her up a lot! If your dd is distressed what is the school meant to do, not sure what posters here expect, a magic wand? The rights of one child in a class do not trump the needs of the other 29 either. Reduced attendance increasing over time might be what she needs, meanwhile they need to come up with other plans but that will take time.

I've been right through the school system, it's not top trumps for who matters most

What parents are entitled to expect the school to do is to providesupport, not just give up and send the child home. If that means getting further professional advice on what support the child needs, or applying for an EHC needs assessment, then that is what they can and should do. The maximum time it should take by law to carry out a full assessment and, if appropriate, provide an EHC Plan is 20 weeks.

This isn't a matter of top trumps for children with SEN, rather the reverse; it's a matter of giving them adequate support to access the education all their peers receive.