Unnamed school challenges enrolment ruling in High Court

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A rural primary school is challenging a direction to enrol a profoundly disabled child in the High Court; the case came before the court on 29 April 2024.

The school’s board says it cannot meet the child’s needs and disputes the committee’s decision to uphold the family’s enrolment appeal. The child is not currently attending the school.

The board alleges that the appeal hearing lacked a translator despite the mother having limited English, and that the committee failed to consider the child’s reported needs or the effects on pupils and staff. Those are the board’s claims, not findings by the court.

The respondents did not oppose permission to bring the challenge but sought time to respond. The judge adjourned the case to a date the following month.