A severely autistic boy of 10 has been without education for the last two-and-a half years amid what his mum claims is wrangle over transport to a special school. Allana Carvell searched in vain for a school for children with special educational needs or disability (SEND) in Salford for her son Joshua.
She said he left his previous school in the Trafford area in March 2019 because of his behavioural difficulties. Allana said she was told by Salford city council there were no SEND places for the boy locally, but thought she had found the solution when friends recommended Kingfisher Special School in the Chadderton area of Oldham and was delighted when he was accepted there.
She said she thought Salford city council had arranged the necessary transport to Kingfisher from the family home in Walkden. But with an excited Joshua waiting at home dressed in his new school uniform on the first day he was due to attend, the transport never arrived, said Allana.
