Amelia Mah So stupid local government he has an IQ of 168 at 8 ! and they want to put him in a special school.......... he would be a great help to society when he is older, can't they see how useful that type of mind would be.
Mum's fury as autistic boy aged 8 with an IQ of 168 is forced to go to special school because council refuses to pay for extra help
- Cambridgeshire council say Christian Farrington needs specialist education
- But his mother Gabrielle says moving schools will wreck his rare talents
- The seven-year-old has 168 IQ and could read aloud at 18-months-old
Complaints: Gabriel Pakpourtabrizi, 25, is fighting to stop her council sending gifted son Christian Farrington, 7, to a special school
With his photographic memory and an IQ of 168, Christian Farrington is top of the class.
The eight-year-old – who taught himself to read at 18 months – has the academic ability of a child twice his age.
But Christian has been told that he will have to move from his primary school to a special school because he has autism.
Despite his brilliant progress at school, the local education authority has decided it is too costly for him to have teaching assistants there.
His mother, Gabrielle Pakpourtabrizi, 25, is taking legal action.
Miss Pakpourtabrizi, from Ely in Cambridgeshire, said: ‘Taking him out of the school he loves and putting him in a special needs school will pull the carpet from underneath him and completely ruin him.
‘He has surpassed everyone’s expectations and no child deserves to be taken away from a school that is working for them.’
Christian has attended Ely St John’s Community Primary School since he started school.
His mother first noticed her son’s abilities when he picked up a children’s book in a doctors’ waiting room as an 18-month-old toddler and read it aloud.
Experts say Christian has the academic ability of a 15-year-old but he has high-functioning autism, which means he can struggle with some social situations.
He has had a one-to-one teaching assistant at his school to help him deal with loud environments and busy classes.
Young and talented: Gabrielle says he boy Christian has an high IQ and a photographic memory, but moving him away from mainstream school will wreck his chances
Special: Christian's detailed drawings, including this one, led to him being diagnosed with autism
But the local authority now wants to move him to a school for children with learning difficulties after Ely St John’s asked for funding for a second teaching assistant. Miss Pakpourtabrizi said he was thriving at school and the decision will see his progress stall and rare talents wasted.
Happy chap: Christian, pictured as a baby, taught himself to read and began reading out loud at 18 months
She said: ‘What the council wants to do simply isn’t on and they would be depriving Christian of his opportunities.
‘The only reason they’re doing this is to save money as they don’t want to have to pay to support Christian as he progresses through mainstream school. What he’s achieving at his current primary school is priceless.
‘He will not be intellectually stimulated there (at a special school).
'I will be willing to back a change, but only if it is the correct one for my son.’
Miss Pakpourtabrizi has launched tribunal proceedings against Cambridgeshire County Council’s decision to move him to Gretton School in Girton.
A Special Educational Needs and Disability Tribunal will decide if Christian should move to the special school.
If the appeal is unsuccessful, the case can be heard in the High Court.
Miss Pakpourtabrizi has asked that if her son cannot attend his local primary school that he go to a residential school for children with social, emotional and behavioural difficulties in Rutland.
A council spokesman said: ‘It is agreed that Christian requires specialist provision.
‘The county council has identified an independent special school in the county which can meet his needs, but his parents have not accepted this.
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