A mum fears her disabled son will be left without an education with no way of getting to school. Charlie Andrews was born with spina bifida, meaning he is paralysed from the waist down and relies on accessible bus to take him to his school.
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A mum was left ‘upset’ and ‘shocked’ when her son, who has learning difficulties, was given a place at a school rated ‘inadequate’ by Ofsted. Rachael Brown has blasted council education bosses and claimed the school said they cannot meet his needs.
Racheal Brown wanted her 11-year-old son Harvey Lee to attend Draycott Moor College, at Draycott in the Moors, Staffordshire. But instead Stoke-on-Trent City Council has allocated him a place at the ‘inadequate’ Portland School and Specialist college, in Blythe Bridge, StokeonTrent Live reports.
Racheal now refuses to send Harvey to Portland School and Specialist College. A tribunal hearing - to rule on the row - has been scheduled for April.
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Carer Rachael, aged 35, said: "He is a very difficult child - but he is also very loving. He's a character-and-a-half, I'll put it that way.
"The issues first started when he was in year one and the teacher picked up on all this. She started to give him extra support. It came back with a mild learning disability. It's been a constant struggle for years.
"He was granted his education health and care plan (EHCP) and we then had to go through consultations with schools to find him a special education school. We got an offer from Draycott Moor College which we thought was the perfect place for him.
"I have just received the school's consultation responses which said that Portland said 'no', they cannot meet his needs. However, the local authority has assigned him to Portland on his EHCP.
"I put
A mum fears her disabled son will be left without an education with no way of getting to school. Charlie Andrews was born with spina bifida, meaning he is paralysed from the waist down and relies on accessible bus to take him to his school.
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