Autistic children’s school placement challenge set for hearing

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The High Court set a timetable for a lead challenge over primary school places for autistic children, with a hearing planned for mid-November; the cases were reported on 26 July 2024. Families said they had been unable to secure suitable places despite contacting dozens of schools, and sought orders requiring the Minister for Education and the State to provide placements.

The judge accepted the cases were urgent and adjourned them to October to review progress. The Minister’s counsel said extra classes and places had been sanctioned, while counsel for the families said they lacked details about when those places would become available.