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Disabled children unlawfully excluded by schools

Disabled children are illegally sent home from school because there are not enough staff to cope with them, according to new research from Contact a Family.

The charity’s Falling Through The Net survey of more than 400 families with disabled children provided some worrying results.

A child can only be legally excluded from school for disciplinary reasons.

More than half of the families surveyed had been asked to collect their child during the school day because of staff shortages. Fifty-six per cent of the children had been excluded from school trips. Fifty per cent of the parents questioned said that they were unable to work properly, as they were frequently called to school, and 43 per cent said that the situation was making their disabled child feel depressed.

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