help

[barbley]

Having put one child through 'the system' who achieved A*s, As at A level and a first class degree; experience with second child - equally able- has been fraught. Now in Yr 10, he is facing permanent exclusion for a serious contravention (non-violent) of the rules. What do we do? As parents, we feel very isolated/out of the loop, especially as incident happened on Friday & we're in half term.

What is the next step with school? In our school the first thing would be that parents would be invited in to discuss the incident.

Many schools nowadays have some staffing in during the holidays, so it might be worth telephoning this week to see if you can speak to anyone about what happened and what could happen next.

Personally, I find it hard to imagine what non-violent contravention of the rules could result in a permanent exclusion. Feel free to PM me, if you want to discuss off board.

Has he been in trouble before? If he's got into a bad rut, there are ways of getting out of it - with your support and that of the school; alternatively it may be best to consider a move of schools at this stage for a fresh start. (Maybe repeating yr10?)

What type of school is he in? Does he have any SEN issues? Does your area have a policy on managed moves?

Have you looked at the information on ACE. A friend in similar circumstances called them and they were really helpful.

Thanks, I will call ACE. I don't know about managed moves, I will try to find out. Thank you

Hope you've managed to make some contact with school over the hols and communicate with them.