Barred from Science (Health & Safety reasons)

Our oldest boy (he's an Aspie) has just moved up to S2 (we're in Scotland) and, as well as all the usual turmoil involved in changing classes, he came home today to tell me that "I was locked out of Science". When I asked what had happened, he said his new science teacher had shut the classroom door in his face and locked it. He didn't know what was happening, so he stood outside the classroom until his guidance teacher eventually showed up. She told him that he wasn't allowed to do science for "health and safety reasons", and he'd have to spend science classes doing "other things" in the special needs area. It's ludicrous as science was his best subject in S1 and the teacher he had throughout never had a safety issue with him.

Has anyone managed to challenge a decision like this? And how?

BTW, I'm on my fourth letter to the school in 10 days to the school, copied to the QIO and Head of Education, not that they ever reply or take any notice. Yesterday's letter was about our boy being kept out of all his classes for an entire day, so he played computer games and watched videos in the special needs area. He doesn't know why and no one from the SMT was available to explain why. (He was quite happy to have a "day off", but I'm not.)

Parents
  • Only with regard to that being one school type that doesn't seem to take disability seriously; your postings clearly show a lot of schools in Scotland failing to address disability effectively.

    I think with this situation you need advocacy - the school is evidently only giving "lip service" to the diagnosis and support plan and constructively marginalising your child. You wont get anywhere with this institutional attitude.

    You need a parents group or local NAS group and preferably either a councillor or local MP supporting.

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  • Only with regard to that being one school type that doesn't seem to take disability seriously; your postings clearly show a lot of schools in Scotland failing to address disability effectively.

    I think with this situation you need advocacy - the school is evidently only giving "lip service" to the diagnosis and support plan and constructively marginalising your child. You wont get anywhere with this institutional attitude.

    You need a parents group or local NAS group and preferably either a councillor or local MP supporting.

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