My son goes to a private School which is a steiner school which teach differently to a normal school, of which we pay for. We are also based in Wales so it is one of the only English Medium schools. My son has behavioral issues including high anxiety which we are currently getting accessed by a doctor but both ourselves in the school are in agreement that there is some greater issues and various mechanisms have been put in place to try and cope with this. Two years ago I asked if they school was able to meet his needs as that would be the time to take him out so he could re-adjust in another school before he went to far down the steiner route. They agreed to keep him on.
2 years later the school have suggested that we take him out of the school to either another school or been home schooled as they feel that he needs more one on one tuition which they are unwilling to pay for an additional staff member for. They often go on about school policy. The issue for us is due to the way they teach i.e not learning to read and write till they are 7 means he is very unlikely to get what he needs going back to a state school which teaches in the medium of welsh and I feel I simple dont have what it takes to home school him.
The school repeatedly sends him home if they feel he is not listening or co-operating, sometimes as often as 2-3 times a week, this is informally done with a phone until today when i questioned the legality of it and they sent be a two day exclusion for not listening. I feel in a state school where you would be fined if your children missed this much school.
So maybe questions are if anyone knows:
1.) Are they able to exclude him on such a regular basis? Surely a child has a right to an education.
2.) Is the school legally required to meet his needs regardless that it is private? Surely if he was in a wheel chair they would need to meet these needs legally?