School phobia boy granted apology
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A local authority has been forced to apologise for bringing a truancy prosecution against a boy who suffered from a phobia of school.
A tribunal ruled Suffolk County Council should not have taken the family to court because of the effect it had had on the boy's mental health.
The boy developed anxiety while off sick with a virus shortly after starting at the east Suffolk school.
The council said it was considering an appeal against the ruling.
In the meantime, officials have been told they must write to the family before 1 December.
The boy, whose identity cannot be revealed, had been diagnosed by a clinical psychologist as suffering from a school phobia.
He is now 16 and has since taken up his studies at a different school.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/8365960.stm
A tribunal ruled Suffolk County Council should not have taken the family to court because of the effect it had had on the boy's mental health.
The boy developed anxiety while off sick with a virus shortly after starting at the east Suffolk school.
The council said it was considering an appeal against the ruling.
In the meantime, officials have been told they must write to the family before 1 December.
The boy, whose identity cannot be revealed, had been diagnosed by a clinical psychologist as suffering from a school phobia.
He is now 16 and has since taken up his studies at a different school.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/8365960.stm
