30 schools refused to give teen a place
While proposed legal changes would allow State agencies compel a school to enrol a child in certain cases, the Ombudsman for Children’s Office (OCO) said current appeal systems against refusals and provision for home tuition for children in care were inadequate.
The teenager, who comes from a very vulnerable background, was expelled from a second-level school in May 2008 because of behavioural issues.
