Eight-year-old excluded fromprimary school

Lisa Knight’s son, Kai, attended the Baird Primary Academy in Parker Road. Kai was recently permanently excluded following allegations of bullying and physical assaults, culminating in Kai swearing in class, but Lisa claims Kai was the victim of bullying, not the instigator and though Kai has behavioural and emotional problems, the school did not take this into account nor the years of tests and treatments.

She said: “Kai was born prematurely and wasn’t right since he was a baby. From the age of 23 months he has been under the hospital and various medical agencies. The school has details of all medical reports.”

Lisa says Kai, who now attends New Horizons School, was easily led by other children and undergoing tests for Sensory Processing Disorder (SPD) but claims the school refused to listen. She said: “Bullying was not dealt with and Kai began to retaliate. When faced with injustices he will, through his illness, go into complete rage/meltdown. My son was stitched up by other children for things he had not done. Kai was expelled for swearing in class but not the bullying child who told him to say it - in my book they should both be in trouble.”