A teenager who was excluded from three schools now travels over 40 miles to attend a private independent specialist provision.
Marcus Wilton, from Warrington, was excluded from two nursery settings before beginning formal education and later being permanently excluded from mainstream primary school at the age of eight. The 14-year-old said one of his lasting memories from this time in his life was being told in front of the whole school in the assembly that he would "never amount to anything” as he was just a “naughty boy.” This alongside the adverse childhood experiences he suffered from a young age has had a “huge impact” on his mental health.
However, in reality, the aspiring game developer wasn’t being the “class clown” through choice but rather as a result of his ADHD - a condition, which he said, makes getting into a taxi to school each day “a mountain to climb.”
