South Moreton School

Local authority maintained schools

Didcot

Oxfordshire

OX11 9AG

Reviewer	Role	When and how long?	Which needs are supported?	What therapies are provided?	Approach to Behaviour	Sen friendly Environment Rating	Knowledge of Senco Rating	Staff Knowledge of Sen Rating	Review
	Parent	Within the last year	None	None	Sanctions, Restraining, Segregation, Exclusion for school events, Reporting Parents to MASH when they wouldn’t agree to meetings				Reviewers link to the school: Parent When and how long?Within the last year Which needs are supported? None What therapies are provided? None Approach to behavious: Sanctions, Restraining, Segregation, Exclusion for school events, Reporting Parents to MASH when they wouldn’t agree to meetings Sen friendly Environment Rating: Knowledge of Senco Rating: Staff Knowledge of Sen Rating Review: The SENCO had absolutely no idea how to deal with our child, our child only exhibited extreme behaviour & needs IN school. We spent two years stating the same thing. The school set the narrative that we as parents were to blame! The headteacher categorically denied any signs/traits of autism, they penalised our child when we couldn’t attend Meetings in person. They excluded our child when there were public events, including when an MP visited, they didn’t want a ‘disruptive’ child there. They segregated our child in a room NEXT to their class, then expected our child to settle & not become distressed when they separated from the other children, our child doesn’t understand why they are being punished for behaviour they can’t control. We had two years of the head, the SENCO, an EP, and SENSS denying SEN needs and blamed parenting & social/ emotional needs instead. The head didn’t implement any of the EP suggestions, she excluded within 5days of the report having NEVER suggested or offered any alternative provisions off site, or a managed move. A year 1 child excluded permanently for ‘breaching behaviour policies’ when in fact the child has no control over their behaviour or REACTIONS to being bullied by other children, encouraged to act out by others, manipulated by older children, physically harmed & other children encouraging them to harm others, staff members triggering behaviour by isolating our child, staff restraining our child when they were having panic attacks & leading to our child self harming in the process of panic. One month following permanent exclusion we received FULL independent diagnosis of our child! We were right all along! Our child has many needs and the school only inflicted trauma and suffering. Not only has our child been failed and their need’s ignored to for the narrative of the manipulative lying gaslighting head & school staff - other families have had their children’s needs denied. They too were forced to seek independent diagnosis to PROVE their children actually have SEN requirements & the headteacher is allowed by the governors to continue this damaging ignorant agenda. This school doesn’t care for helping children with needs that are disruptive. The staff have absolutely NO IDEA how to deal with or understand multiple SEN issues. The headteacher stated - our child “doesn’t behave like other children with autism/ SEN, therefore that’s not something we will explore further” No two children with SEN exhibit the exact same behaviours, nor does any child who has multiple needs exhibit textbook behaviours. Therefore no textbook strategies will ever resolve and provide neurotypical behaviours when a child is Neurodiverse! These practices and this amount of ignorance is damaging, causes trauma, emotional distress and HAS a lasting impact on children. Report Content The SENCO had absolutely no idea how to deal with ... click to read more

Reviewer

Role

When and how long?

Which needs are supported?

What therapies are provided?

Approach to Behaviour

Sen friendly Environment Rating

Knowledge of Senco Rating

Staff Knowledge of Sen Rating

Review

Parent

Within the last year

None

Sanctions, Restraining, Segregation, Exclusion for school events, Reporting Parents to MASH when they wouldn’t agree to meetings

Review: The SENCO had absolutely no idea how to deal with our child, our child only exhibited extreme behaviour & needs IN school. We spent two years stating the same thing. The school set the narrative that we as parents were to blame! The headteacher categorically denied any signs/traits of autism, they penalised our child when we couldn’t attend Meetings in person. They excluded our child when there were public events, including when an MP visited, they didn’t want a ‘disruptive’ child there. They segregated our child in a room NEXT to their class, then expected our child to settle & not become distressed when they separated from the other children, our child doesn’t understand why they are being punished for behaviour they can’t control. We had two years of the head, the SENCO, an EP, and SENSS denying SEN needs and blamed parenting & social/ emotional needs instead. The head didn’t implement any of the EP suggestions, she excluded within 5days of the report having NEVER suggested or offered any alternative provisions off site, or a managed move. A year 1 child excluded permanently for ‘breaching behaviour policies’ when in fact the child has no control over their behaviour or REACTIONS to being bullied by other children, encouraged to act out by others, manipulated by older children, physically harmed & other children encouraging them to harm others, staff members triggering behaviour by isolating our child, staff restraining our child when they were having panic attacks & leading to our child self harming in the process of panic.

One month following permanent exclusion we received FULL independent diagnosis of our child! We were right all along! Our child has many needs and the school only inflicted trauma and suffering.

Not only has our child been failed and their need’s ignored to for the narrative of the manipulative lying gaslighting head & school staff - other families have had their children’s needs denied. They too were forced to seek independent diagnosis to PROVE their children actually have SEN requirements & the headteacher is allowed by the governors to continue this damaging ignorant agenda. This school doesn’t care for helping children with needs that are disruptive. The staff have absolutely NO IDEA how to deal with or understand multiple SEN issues. The headteacher stated - our child “doesn’t behave like other children with autism/ SEN, therefore that’s not something we will explore further”

No two children with SEN exhibit the exact same behaviours, nor does any child who has multiple needs exhibit textbook behaviours. Therefore no textbook strategies will ever resolve and provide neurotypical behaviours when a child is Neurodiverse!

These practices and this amount of ignorance is damaging, causes trauma, emotional distress and HAS a lasting impact on children. Report Content

The SENCO had absolutely no idea how to deal with ... click to read more