Board of management says the school lacks the expertise and access to supports required to meet the child’s needs
The enrolment application was refused on the grounds including that the school cannot cater for the child’s needs, the High Court heard. Photograph: iStockA primary school has brought a High Court challenge aimed at overturning a decision that it must enrol a profoundly disabled child whose family have sought international protection in Ireland.
The parties involved in the action cannot be named for legal reasons. The court was told that the child is not currently attending the school.I took the ‘easy way out’ and gave birth by Caesarean. And yes, it was easierThe court heard that the school’s board of management says as well as its mainstream classes, the school provides special educational services for children diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder . It says inclusion is very much part of its ethos.
The board said the school lacks the expertise and access to supports outlined in the report to meet the child’s needs. It added that enrolling a child who the report said needs to be placed in a special school would be inconsistent with the effective provision of education for the school’s pupils and would give rise to health and safety concerns.
As part of its action the board claims the hearing of the appeal was unusual and there was no translator present and the child’s mother had limited English.
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