[senco-forum] PRUs and new regs

Not to mention unofficial exclusions. I know of one school

At 13:28 02/02/2007 +0000, webmaster at aylesburyvale-sec.bucks.sch.uk wrote:
>Not to mention unofficial exclusions. I know of one school
>which forced a child to stay at home for a year while it
>sought a statement. The school were hoping for special
>school but the statemnent came back as mainstream with
>support!

At least unofficial exclusions are easily tackled as they are unlawful -- 
the DfES takes a very dim view, so that a quick complaint by parents to the 
Secretary of State may make the school clean up its act.

Parents I supported recently won a disability discrimination claim against 
a school indulging in unlawful lunchtime exclusions (child is now 
statemented -- school had not referred him for assessment before deciding 
it could not cope -- and is happily at a more positive mainstream school). 
The discriminatory school has been ordered to give all staff and governors 
training in:

·       Disability Discrimination in an educational setting,
·       Children with special educational needs,
·       The law and practice on exclusion,
·       Specific and distinct disability awareness training.

I hope the training takes.

Chris