State school refusing to admit

The other issue, flagged by OP in second posting is the league tables: the school in question has outstanding OFSTED and league table results.

To achieve high scores in national assessments, they don't want to take on any children who could undermine that objective.

We currently have a Government that, despite recovering from recession being the priority, is more concerned with pursuing drastic ideological changes - dismantling the national health service, reforming welfare and dramatically changing education.

In this process, it is becoming obvious that they don't care about the disabled. They'll put up a semblance of disability concern with programmes promising improvements. But they are not looking at the impact their policy changes have on the disabled.

I think it very likely that there will be progressively fewer mainstream schools taking on disabled students whose needs might affect OFSTED and league tables.

I think it will become increasingly necessary to use special schools, and as local authorities are cutting back on such provision, it is going to be special schools parents have to pay for.

I think we have to get wise to the reality. This Government will do nothing to stop academies and free schools and other changed school systems from excluding disabled pupils. And the pressures on performance will make it more and more in the interests of Heads of Schools to discourage disabled pupils.

I'm pretty convinced that's the way this is going.

The other issue, flagged by OP in second posting is the league tables: the school in question has outstanding OFSTED and league table results.

To achieve high scores in national assessments, they don't want to take on any children who could undermine that objective.

We currently have a Government that, despite recovering from recession being the priority, is more concerned with pursuing drastic ideological changes - dismantling the national health service, reforming welfare and dramatically changing education.

In this process, it is becoming obvious that they don't care about the disabled. They'll put up a semblance of disability concern with programmes promising improvements. But they are not looking at the impact their policy changes have on the disabled.

I think it very likely that there will be progressively fewer mainstream schools taking on disabled students whose needs might affect OFSTED and league tables.

I think it will become increasingly necessary to use special schools, and as local authorities are cutting back on such provision, it is going to be special schools parents have to pay for.

I think we have to get wise to the reality. This Government will do nothing to stop academies and free schools and other changed school systems from excluding disabled pupils. And the pressures on performance will make it more and more in the interests of Heads of Schools to discourage disabled pupils.

I'm pretty convinced that's the way this is going.