A mum has shared her frustration after her four-year-old son has been left without a school place. Codie Kirkman, 25, from Ainsworth , claims that due to a “catalogue of errors” by Bury Council, her son is not able to attend school despite her best efforts. Four-year-old Brody was diagnosed with autism when he was aged just two.
Mum Codie paid for Brody to attend a private nursery in Bury when he was a year old, however, they struggled to manage the high level of support required, leaving him with nowhere to go for more than six months. Brody was then placed into a resourced provision place at a local authority nursery in Chesham last September, which meant he could be supported in a mainstream setting but had to leave once he turned reception age. Codie says she has now applied for 12 schools in the area and has been rejected by them all due to a lack of suitable special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) provisions.
Brody was due to start school this September but is still out of education. She said: “He was crying at the gates when he had to leave nursery. “I’m trying my best with him being at home and working through learning books together.
“I take him to soft play centres after other kids finish school so that he can at least socialise and meet other children his own age. “He has no education at the moment, meaning he is being delayed even further the longer this goes on. He has nowhere to go.
” An education, health and care plan (EHCP) was put in .
