Exclusion - anything we can do about this?

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Ds has a statement of SEN and was recently permanently excluded after school said they couldn't meet his needs. We believe that he was excluded for reasons relating to his disability and were awaiting a date for the disciplinary hearing and then go forward to the independent review panel. The exclusion caused our son and family a huge amount of distress and there are now various rumours going around the local community and we have also had incidents outside our house from kids at the school.
It now looks like the exclusion will be withdrawn as his statement is being amended to name another school (specialist). I really don't think it would have help up at review anyway and we would have been happy to go to tribunal about the discrimination.
So school have basically got what they wanted (ds not in their school) and are not held to account in any way whilst we have to live here and suffer the consequences .Is it right that school can cause all this distress and just get away with it?

No, you need to contact your local parent liason, you can normally find their details on the county council website, normally under SEN education or your local CAB may have their details.

What can they do about it?

Or try SOSSEN helpline support for parents re SEN and schools here I have heard really good things about support for people in your situation.

Good luck.

IPSEA have a factsheet here.

You could repost on the special needs children board, lots there have been through this.

I know it's hard at the moment but getting a place at a Special School is not a punishment or a prison sentence. Many of them are fantastic.

I have worked in SS and MS and would chose a SS for a child with significant SEN every time. So much more individual attention and specialist staff who have actually chosen special education.