we need help!

our 6 year old son has asd/adhd, he is currently in a mainstream school with a statement. he has in the last 18 months had 10+ exclusions from school and now we have been told the next one will be for good! they even had someone come from the local authority to the meeting to cover them legally. he has been excluded from the class room for the past 18 months, and is on a restricted timetable, we have managed to get them up to 1pm but up until late last year he was going in at 9am and leaving school at 10:30am. when ofted have been into the school we have been told to keep him at home and he has been excluded from all school trips, saying that he is too high risk the only way he would be alloud to go is if we went with them, this is hard as we hae 4 other children one of which also has asd. 

we are at our wits end and just don't know what to do! the school have told us that he's 1-to-1 at school is now on long term sick with stress of which our son is a contributing factor and another member of staff had to go to hospital with a serpected coller bone brake by my son! who is 6 and there is nothing of him, all of which has been given as evidence to permantly exclude him.

when we have asked to see proof of this they come up empty handed, when we speak to teachers they say how great he's been but then the headteacher and SEN at the school  come out with a different story saying how awful hes been. we really want to do something leaglly in regards to the school but just don't know where to start or what to do, can anyone please help us! this is not just effecting our son but also our marriage. He has been looked at by 5 differents schools 4 of which refused on paperwork alone, mainly as as the SEN at the school said lets tart it up abit that way we will get more funding to help, all this has done is hinder our son further. The one school who said they may be able to help are miles away and after visiting the school we just don't see our son there. we just don't know what to do any more x 

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  • This is going to take ages to sort and you need to have a lot of will power.

    Get in touch with the Education Advocacy on this website. It will take ten days for them to get back in touch with you - but it is worth the wait.

    Education Rights Service
    The National Autistic Society's Education Rights Service (formally the Advocacy for Education Service) provides advice to parents in England, Wales, Northern Ireland and Scotland.

    Tel: 0808 800 4102
    Email: advocacy@nas.org.uk

    Go and tell the headteacher that you're not happy with their behaviour and you ARE going to report them to the local LEA and Ofsted. (DO REPORT THEM)! They cannot exclude your child. The disability discrimination act exists for a reason.

    Make an appointment with your local MP and get them involved. Once the SEN and the school realise you aren't a soft touch and are prepared to fight for your sons educational rights, things should hopefully look up for you.

    I know this sounds a little far fetched but get in touch with This Morning and see if they're are interested in your story. Make sure everyone involved knows you won't go down quietly. There are so many shockingly bad schools and it sounds like you have come across one of them.

    Search Outreach on this website and get in touch with the team in your area or area closest to you as they are part of ASCOSS and Ascoss help support autistic children within the school setting.

    It's completely disgusting that even SEN are against you. They're supposed to be supporting your son.

    You said that your son is at a mainstream school, but have you thought if maybe an autism specialised school may benefit your son better then the school he's at now!?

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  • This is going to take ages to sort and you need to have a lot of will power.

    Get in touch with the Education Advocacy on this website. It will take ten days for them to get back in touch with you - but it is worth the wait.

    Education Rights Service
    The National Autistic Society's Education Rights Service (formally the Advocacy for Education Service) provides advice to parents in England, Wales, Northern Ireland and Scotland.

    Tel: 0808 800 4102
    Email: advocacy@nas.org.uk

    Go and tell the headteacher that you're not happy with their behaviour and you ARE going to report them to the local LEA and Ofsted. (DO REPORT THEM)! They cannot exclude your child. The disability discrimination act exists for a reason.

    Make an appointment with your local MP and get them involved. Once the SEN and the school realise you aren't a soft touch and are prepared to fight for your sons educational rights, things should hopefully look up for you.

    I know this sounds a little far fetched but get in touch with This Morning and see if they're are interested in your story. Make sure everyone involved knows you won't go down quietly. There are so many shockingly bad schools and it sounds like you have come across one of them.

    Search Outreach on this website and get in touch with the team in your area or area closest to you as they are part of ASCOSS and Ascoss help support autistic children within the school setting.

    It's completely disgusting that even SEN are against you. They're supposed to be supporting your son.

    You said that your son is at a mainstream school, but have you thought if maybe an autism specialised school may benefit your son better then the school he's at now!?

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