Not in full-time education - help

[broachingsea]

I have name-changed.

DS is school refusing. He will go in for a short period with me. He will not go into the classroom. He would go into class for a short period with me last term but now will not.

He says he doesn't want to be with his peers and doesn't want to be in the class. He says he hates school and feels different.

He is 10 and has AS.

School will try anything to make this better. They are recruiting a new TA. My feeling is that we have turned a corner with his attitude to school and, even with alot of effort we will not get him back to class. The best we can hope for is him happily sitting outside (and far away) from class with a TA doing some parts of the curriculum. I feel he is currently not being included or accessing the curriculum.

He is able and doing well academically and this is not the first time it has happened. But we were at a less supportive school last time.

How much more of this are we expected to put up with? If school can't recruit a TA, we are left supporting him ourselves. Even if they can, it is a big ask to suggest that this will suddenly cure his difficulties with his peer group and being in a class.

Any thoughts?