Parents say they have been left scared to send their autistic son to school after a number of safety incidents. Dean and Victoria Johnson say their son Tyrion, 6, has come home from his Long Eaton school with a large number of injuries, which they believe are due to a lack of supervision.
The parents claim the youngster, from Long Eaton, now in year one at Brooklands Primary School, has escaped over a fence and into the car park on two occasions, one of which left him concussed. They also claim Tyrion had fallen off a piece of apparatus in the playground, known as the pirate ship, on May 12, leaving him with a black eye.
Now Dean, 29 and Victoria, 44, feel unsafe sending their son to school and want the youngster to be able to complete work at home until he can move to an educational establishment that can attend to his needs in the next academic year. But the pair claim the school has not supported their decision, and has chosen to mark Tyrion's absence as unauthorised and not send him any work.
