A MUM is furious after her young son has been out of school for nearly six months after they moved house.

Raging Susan Mason's nine-year-old Alfie Jay was attending St Richard's Academy in Marfleet Lane, in the east of Hull until July, when they moved to Bransholme in the north of the city, about 4 miles away.

After months of rejection from three other schools 35-year-old Susan was forced to try to get her lad back into St Richard's - but has had no joy.

She said: "We moved house in July to Branshome but after being knocked back because Alfie was still on the roll at St Richard's, I decided to try and get him back in there but we keep getting fobbed off and being told we need a meeting but we're not sure why.

"It is disgusting that this has been allowed to happen. I've had enough now and no one is bothered."

Alfie was attending St Richard's from 9am until 12pm, five days a week, due to him having special needs.

Susan added: "He has a lack of understanding English and social anxiety around his peers.

"He keeps getting knocked back because of his needs. He is still on the roll at St Richard's but they keep fobbing me off."

After appealing to get Alfie into Bude Park Primary School, Miss Mason was sent a letter and told her application was unsuccessful after stages carried out by Hull City Council.

She was also told in a letter from the school admissions department that the application to Highlands Primary School had been unsuccessful because: "The school has been advised that to admit Alfie would adversely affect their provision to bring about an efficient education for children currently on roll in the school."

The council says Alfie has been offered a place at a school but Susan claims it is too far away as it would take 45 minutes to walk there from her home
Susan now says her Alfie is struggling without an education and enjoyed going to school.

She said: "He enjoyed going to school but has had to stay at home with me and he gets distracted and won't sit down to try and learn. I keep calling up but I am not getting anywhere, it isn't fair on him."

A Hull City Council spokesman said Alfie was offered a place at Sutton Park Primary School but the offer was declined - which Susan said was because it was too far from her home at 45 minutes’ walk.

A spokesman for the council said: "Mrs Mason made an application for a primary school in the Bransholme area in August.

“As the school was unable to offer a place, her son was allocated a place at Sutton Park Primary School.

"Ms Mason refused this place and has lodged two appeals for her preferred school of Bude Park, which were unsuccessful.

"Two further applications in the Bransholme area are currently being processed. The pupil is still on the roll of his previous school in east Hull."