Any exclusion experts about?

[Desperatelyseekingsupport]

Ds has SEN and was excluded by school on Friday. He only attends part-time because school do not think he could cope with full days (although we do not agree with this). He was excluded of 2 days but because he only attends part-time they have made it into 4 actual days i.e Fri-Thurs. Can they do this? I have tried to contact the county exclusion officer but she is not returning my calls or answering my e-mail . Any advice would be a big help. Thanks.

Onion I know - this will be pointed out to them but I don't think they will really care!

Clam had a quick look

Exclusions 5 - 15 days in one term not missing a public exam

governing body has the legal power to reinstate him or her before the exclusion is due to end. In other words they can overturn the decision to exclude. If they meet after your child has returned to school, they must still consider whether the exclusion was fair and record their views on your child?s file.

If you want to disagree with the exclusion or make any other views known, you have the right to meet with a panel of governors. That panel of governors is called the Discipline Committee. To have this meeting you have to make a request in writing to the Clerk to the Discipline Committee. That person?s name and address must, by law, be in the letter that was sent to you from the school notifying you of the exclusion.

If you request a meeting it must take place between 6 and 50 school days following the exclusion.

Exclusions of more than 15 school days in total in one term

Where a child is excluded for more than 15 school days in a term, parents have the right to put forward their views at a meeting and governors have the power to reinstate the pupil as described above. A meeting of the Discipline Committee must be arranged automatically (in other words the parents do not have to request one). That meeting must take place between the 6th and 15th day of the exclusion. You should receive a letter from the clerk to the Discipline Committee telling you when and where the meeting will take place.

Hmm, interesting. Thanks.

EBDTeacher. Thanks - there are some SEBD schools in the county but if we can get a dx soon I would prefer a specialist ASD base placement. I just feel that as he has had so many years being failed by schools (long history of awful treatment by previous schools) he deserves the right provision now. On the plus side we saw a psych today who is trying to get him assessed urgently. It helps that ds told him that his anxiety and self-harming are due to school!

I think you are right with that Desperate.

In my county an SEBD placement is the 'default' for complex cases where behaviour is challenging, which is a rubbish situation.

However, I firmly believe a placement at a great SEBD school is better than a disinterested, unequiped mainstream placement if not ideal.