Heidi Mavir faced fines and prison when her autistic son had a breakdown and refused to attend school They aren’t alone: absences are 50% higher this academic year than before Covid, writes Elisabray
over upcoming SATs. “I told the school my child was experiencing bad anxiety and self-harming,” she says. But then she received a letter for a £2,000 fine, or prison. “It was a complete shock. It felt deeply wrong. And then your energy is taken away from supporting your child to fighting authorities.”. “The worst part is the parent blame,” she says. “I’m furious.” The school made Jenny sign an agreement that her child would go in, which only exacerbated the problem.
’s inquiry recommended that the DfE “review attendance codes for schools…recognising both mental-health problems and Sen and disabilities can be recorded as authorised absences”.adds that the requirement to provide medical evidence is challenging for young people who face lengthy delays in accessing mental health support and leads to absences being recorded as unauthorised, and parents being fined and prosecuted.
Rose wants to see mental health embedded in the curriculum in the way that physical education is. “Until there’s a real parity, we will continue to see the decline that we’re seeing now. This one-size-fits-all approach that we’ve seen for decades doesn’t work anymore. We need a much more flexible and tailored approach.”
Emma’s* son, who is autistic, started refusing school after a traumatic transition from reception. “We have not chosen to home-school,” says Emma, whose son has received up to three hours of schooling per day since September. The six-year-old remains on-roll, but Emma claims the local authority has not fulfilled its responsibility. “Manyare ignored as the authorities do not have the funding or skills to support them in an outdated education system which is not fit for many.
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