DD6 is in mainstream primary. She has an Ehcp and her primary needs are social and emotional. No cognitive dysfunction. The main reason she sometimes* *struggles to access work is emotional overwhelm. She can become very upset. I believe school are ignoring her triggers/allowing her to spiral at school to prove a point. I think she should be able stay where she is in mainstream school with her friends and sibling. She loves school and has made progress academically.
When she gets overwhelmed and upset staff fan around her with no real strategies to calm her so they call me. I’m called minimum of 3 times a week into school, they ultimately leave it up to me, something along the lines of ‘totally up to you mum but she was really distressed’ and I don’t doubt it but every time I arrive she is calm and she’s usually got her bag and coat on ready to go.
She feels punished when I’ve collected her and tells me that the teachers think she’s naughty. I’ve expressed my concerns and asked for a meeting, still awaiting one.
yesterday the same thing happens yet when I arrive headteacher asks me sheepishly if I think this is the right school for my daughter and if I’d considered moving her to a smaller school? I regrettably said I had been looking around at others and her eyes lit up. She seemed relieved at the thought I might move her. I’ve since sought advice from a Sen caseworker who said she didn’t like the sound of how it’s being dealt with and moving DD should be a last resort.
i feel as though the multiple phone calls to collect and the suggestion about moving schools is us being backed into a corner/forced out? Is this a case of attempting to off roll her?