My son started secondary school last year but he has been bullied since he started. He is autistic though awaiting assessment but the other children seemed to pick up on this and would target him for it as he lacks social skills and was uninterested in speaking to the other children or making any friends, he became a target (the school admitted it was bullying) they moved his class but the bullying still continued (in fact he said it was worse in the new class) they would call him “acoustic boy” (derogatory term for autistic he has not told anyone he is autistic as he does not accept himself that he has Sen they just seemed to pick up on it) and he was hit by one of them, they would chase him and threaten him. That was the final straw and I decided to take him out of the school. The trouble is he is now refusing to go to any other schools apart from one particular school that he did not get a place in (his original 1st choice) and is unwilling to try any other schools I have spoken to him about other schools in the area but he is unwilling to try any. He doesn’t have a ehcp and people have told me to apply for one but we have no professionals involved as he doesn’t attend the school now and he hasn’t seen anyone, he is awaiting assessment (been told 18 months but he’s been on it since December last year) I can’t send him back to the school but I have contacted other schools in the area so he can join the waiting list but will I get into trouble for not sending him to the school he is currently registered at? I have applied to other schools but waiting to hear back but what if there is a huge waiting list? He was on the waiting list for the original school he wanted but didn’t move down the list at all in a year so I worry other schools might also have a long wait? Will I have to deregister him whilst we wait If the waiting list is long?.. I am reluctant to deregister as I know that can make it more difficult to get back into school.