to expect ds to stay at school all day today as usual, school just phoned.....

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It is SATS week as alot of you know and ds school have changed his timetable so he is in every morning. However he is usually in school all day on a Tuesday anyway.

School just phoned to see if I have booked his taxi to collect him at 11.45. I said no as he is usually in all day on a Tuesday. Well not today because of SATS week.

Well why???? F*ing annoyed is an understatement. Is it too much to ask that my nearly 11 yr old son should be in school full time and isn't and on the day that he is in school from 8.30 -3.30 he should remain so so I can have some peace and quiet (respite!).

Rant over!

I don't understand - why isn't he in school anyway?

He has ADHD with autistic traits and so his routine is as follows;

Mon- School morn, education centre afternoon
Tues; School all day
Weds; Education Centre morn, School afternoon
Thurs; School morn; education centre afternoon
Friday; Home all day

School get respite as he goes to education centre but cos they have changed his timetable this week they say he has to come home this afternoon and I don't know why.

He is at school tomorrow morn which he isn;t usually but again is coming home at lunch whereas he should be there in the afternoon and on Friday when he doesn;t usually go in they now want him in.

To say I am annoyed is an understatement. He has been more of a handful than usual in the mornings before school this week and also yesterday after school. He says its cos of the SATS but I don't know.

I need a break.

ask them if they're going to exclude him because that's the only way you'll be taking him home

if they are going to exclude / suspend him they need to write it down and then you can appeal after the fact

it will proabably give them pause for thought

That's really unfair on both DS and yourself.

You were very accommodating in changing his routine this week, to suit the school, and now they are brushing you off.

They should have clarified this in advance with you.

Poor DS.

Thanks Twiglett have changed his taxi times now so he is being picked up at 11.45.

Ds will be devastated to not being able to spend the whole day there as per normal on a Tuesday.

What if I had a full time job?? Or would it be a case of not being able to have a job because of school??!

Need some serious time out after his recent behaviour and I don't get any. School is not helping my emtional wellbeing whatsoever and dd who is 22 mths is affected aswell as she has spent the time since she was born going to and from school, endless meetings, putting up with ds's behaviour at home and not really had any time with me without it being interrupted.

Arrrggghhhhhhh