School admit disability discrimination !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Can I ask how much it costs roughly to take a claim to tribunal. We feel that we have a good case but cannot afford an expensive solicitor. Would really like some justice for our son but expect the school to do all they can to wriggle out of it.

I think you would need to bring a civil case against the school, as there isn't a DD court.

Um you might also want to look into legal aid if it's not become extinct by now, as your bringing a case on behalf of your child.

If you think anything criminal has happend then you might be able to bring a joint civil/criminal case with the latter attracting legal aid

Really best of luck  

+ do make sure to get compensation if you can for your son

Sorry for the late reply.

I would start by ringing your local news paper or emailing your local news channel. If i remember rightly (been a long time since i was involved with any media) the national news will contact you if the article generates enough interest.

Yes I would live to go to the media about it I think your right it raises the Awarness I'm not sure how to go about it I have left messages with the media site on herspans wait for the go ahead from my solicitor then yes I think I will..

Thank you for your support x

Have you considered going to the media about this? It might be good to highlight the problem, give the general public some insight into the problems these kids face from an early age.

I wish you luck with the court case and i hope you get the best possible out come from it.

Totally i have always believed that permanently excluding a child with additional needs should never be thought off and I was and still am distgusted by what they did to our family....

My son finds it hard to make friendships and he had some good friends that he went into reception with from pre-school and the hardest thing was telling him the day after he was 'kicked out' was that he wasnt going back to school and he wouldnt be with his friends again ....heartbreaking.....

I am taking the school to court for excluding him and seperatly I am taking them to court for discrimination. I have a solicitor and my court date is in January..

Lots of people have told me to leave it alone and stop because it has caused me soo much stress but i wont, I love my son and feel that the education system needs to change and its disgusting that they can do this to a 5yr old child ans stigmatise a family so easily...it makes me angry life is no bed of roses and systems that are there to help children are failing and making life more challenging than they already are....

I wont give up on my son like others have and throughout lifes challenges Ill be with him all the way, your right its what you do as a MUM xxxx

Dealing with the process bureau be it schools, courts or governments is hell, you are dealing with proxy structures i.e third party person who are legal jurassics but non-human entities. So when we fight them,, we are not fighting them, we are entering into there Non-human proxy system,, take a light it is dark in there..... If you can,, gather an army of "HUMAN PEOPLE" and take them with you on the journey, you will need there spirit as this process bureau proxy structure is designed to create a disharmony field, a maze of confusion.

A mothers protective wrath is the strongest energy in the universe it is called love.

My heart is with your cause. The school admitted liability because you would not go away.

Glad to hear school have accepted that they are at fault, its quite hard to get them to acknowledge this. Been fighting Bounces school for over a year now and still they have the backing of governers.

Bounce was excluded twice while in nursery (he is in reception now) and still things aint put right. Only a few days ago I got a response from school regarding the handling of 3 complaints I made regarding his new t/aand got a copy of the Parent Partnership hand book sent to me.

I have complained to school and governers about 'disability discrimination' but always get it bouncing back to me and a few months ago had a warning letter from school saying I am being aggressive!!  The only thing I am is a fighter- I fight for what my kids need to help them have a happy and joyful life.

Thank you. After my son was excluded we had the governing body meeting which backed the school I then took it an Independant Panel Reveiw which asked the governing body to reconsider then we had a discipline commitee which then again backed the school I am taking the school to court to fight this as I want this removing from his recoreds as the school failed my son.

At the same time I am taking the school to a Disability Discrimination Court and they have just admitted to Discrimination towards my son and issued me with a written apology my court cases continue...

This has not been easy and will remain a battle I do have legal representation now and I will take this as high as I can. All along I have been made to feel the guilty one and yet it was the system that failed my son and has put my family into absoloute chaos and missery. I dont think permanantly excluding any child with additional needs is justified ...........

To any parents in the same situation.... do what you feel is right and let the system know that it needs to change because children like mine already have enough challenges without being given a stereotype of a 'Naughty child' kicked out of school. Its the school at fault..........

richkaz said:

Theschool permanentlyexcluded him after not putting other things in place to try and help him . He has a full educational statement with a full time one -to-one . It was handled very poorly and I launched an  appeal which continues but I'm taking the school to court for discrimination and they have just admitted it and wrote an apology. It's just poor the way mainstream schools let children down with SEN x

BRILLIANT!! any admittion is better than nothing at all, which many do, and placing blame on the child or parent, which also sadly many do

obviously this doesnt mean they will do anything to change it, but at least its confirmation that they DID wrong by your child and your family in relation to his disablity and needs

i totally agree with you, i have heard so many horror stories of mainstream schools and treatment of autistic or disabled kids, its sickening, i knwo my own partners school years were filled with trauma, some at the hands of teachers. its disgusting that in this day and age , my partner is a grown man, and we still hear of these kind of exclusions and treatment of autistic and disabled children

Interesting,I am in exactly the same situation where staff have provoked and wound my son up to get a reaction. Have a disciplinary hearing soon when I will be telling the Gov's a few things that have gone on but know they willjust back the Head. Their policies do not make allowances for disabled children and I just feel that they don't want anyone a bit 'difficult' there as it's too much effort for them. I also intend to pursue a discrimination case as one of the reasons given for exclusion is for not doing something that he is just unable to do due to his disability!

Theschool permanentlyexcluded him after not putting other things in place to try and help him . He has a full educational statement with a full time one -to-one . It was handled very poorly and I launched an  appeal which continues but I'm taking the school to court for discrimination and they have just admitted it and wrote an apology. It's just poor the way mainstream schools let children down with SEN x

That's great - what had they done?