Possible expulsion

[rick73]

My son has had a incident where he allegedly threatened a pupil with a compass in a banter way apparently even walked to school together after(one of his friends from infants all the way up to secondary school thou his mum says they don’t know each other but they do)the mum is now say her son won’t return to school unless they kick mine out. Is that allowed or is that technically blackmail in a way

[PallasAthena]

As a school governor and a member of independent exclusion review panels I can say with confidence that the school will ignore any 'demands' from the parents of the other child that your son is permanently excluded (expelled). What the other parent wants is irrelevant to what the school decides to do in relation to your son because of the incident.

If the other parent decides not to send their child to school that is up to them and they will be held accountable for their child's non-attendance. Not your problem.

[rick73]

Thank you for that if they do I assume I have legal redress

[PallasAthena]

If who does what? The other parent tells the school they want your son excluded? No you wouldn't have legal redress. What would any legal redress be for? You wouldn't have been disadvantaged by their demands to the school.

[rick73]

Sorry ment to say if they listen to the mum and expel our son so hers can return

[PallasAthena]

And how would you prove that?

If you had evidence the school had taken irrelevant matters into account eg the other parent's threats to keep their child out of school, you would first put that argument to the school's governors then to an an Independent Review Panel and then in theory you could seek a Judicial Review against the school. If you had the thousands of pounds that would cost you and actual evidence.

But at no point could you seek legal redress against the parents of the other child. They are entitled to say what they have said. It is the school's responsibility to decide if what parents say is relevant when deciding what action to take and ignore it if it isn't.

[rick73]

Ok thank you