Less than two weeks before her son was due to go on a school trip, north Herefordshire mother Rachel Robbins was told that he wasn't allowed to travel.
Rachel Robbins' son, a Year 8 student at Earl Mortimer College in Leominster has autism and in spite of securing a place on the trip to Normandy last July, he was told that they didn't have the staff to look after him on the trip.
Miss Robbins said: "In April we got an email from the lady organising the trip who was worried about management, but it wasn't a no yet. We were asked if we, his parents, could go, but he wants independence so I said no. The one teacher who does know him and how to manage his behaviour, now isn't going, we were told at a meeting”.
"The reason they gave to me is they've not got the staff to support him. They've said it to me, Jensen's dad and others."
Miss Robbins said she chose Earl Mortimer because she thought they supported children with special educational needs well.
The secondary school refused to comment.
