The mother of an autistic boy says she feels “torn” about accepting a place at a special education school 95 miles from home.
Rhys, from Worcestershire, has not attended school for a year, his mother Kat said, as the council could not find a suitable place.
She wants him back in education but was “quite worried” he lives so far from home.
The district council says it tried to find a school place locally.
Rhys was previously offered a place in Derbyshire, 100 miles from his home in Evesham. Kat said she accepted but was later in tears when it went to another child.
And this week she was told an internship had been found in Oakham, Leicestershire.
“It’s a school for him, but it’s still 95 miles away and almost two hours from home,” she said.
Kat said she was considering what to do because there were few options.
“I feel like if I don’t accept that, he won’t get anything. I just feel like I’m being pushed into a corner to either accept it or I’ll lose to him.”
She said she had a phone call with the school in December and would then visit and find out about accommodation options.
“I’m not 100% sure right now, but I’m stuck, I’m torn on what to do,” she said.
“I don’t want to feel like I’m giving up on my son, I want to feel like I’m giving him the best chance in life.”
Kat said her son was expelled from his primary school and then went to a school 45 minutes away in Redditch, which he left a year ago.
Worcestershire County Council said it was aware Rhys had experienced a severely disrupted start to his education which had affected his learning.
“This is not a situation that we want a child to be in,” said councilor Tracey Onslow, cabinet member for education.
“We continue to work with his family to explore alternative options that meet his complex needs and allow him access to full-time care while we continue to search for a suitable school place close to home.”
Oxford Brookes University’s Prof Barry Carpenter, an expert on autism and mental health, told the BBC the situation was “unacceptable” but not just a problem in Worcestershire.
“This is being repeated across the country for all types of children,” he said, adding that many children with complex needs have not been enrolled in the school system.
Prof Carpenter, a supporter of the ADHD Foundation, added that there had been positive developments in Worcestershire – for example where he lived in Chaddesley Corbett a new autism resource base had opened at a primary school.
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