A CONCERNED mum says her son is being failed by the school he attends in Greenock.

Mum-of-eight Lisa McFarlane, believes her son Craig, who suffers from attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, is not receiving a proper education at the £2.3m Lomond View Academy.

The worried 33-year-old claims her 12-year-old son, an S2 pupil at the school, has had his timetable slashed, meaning that he spends up to three afternoons a week at home while staff take him out for extra curricular activities on the remaining afternoons.

Lisa, who lives with her family in Finch Road, claims her concerns have not been addressed by the school, which caters for young people with additional educational needs.

She told the Tele: “I’m really unhappy.

“I don’t feel he’s being properly educated just now.

“Last year he was in school from 9am-3pm but this year he’s at home two or three afternoons a week and on the other afternoons staff take him out for other activities like swimming, so he’s behind in his learning and he’s not getting a good education.” Lisa also claims that Craig has been waiting for over a year to begin a placement at Inverclyde Academy.

She told the Telegraph: “He’d been doing well which is why he was promised a placement at Inverclyde Academy last year but that never happened.

“Come this year, he was again promised the placement at a meeting at the school in May and he even visited the school but again nothing has happened.

“He was supposed to be going there for a few periods a day and gradually increasing that until he was there full time.” Lisa says she has raised her concerns with Inverclyde Council but she remains unhappy with their handling of the matter.

In response, a council spokesman said: “Lomond View Academy is a school for children and young people with social, emotional and behavioural needs who are amongst the most vulnerable pupils we care for.

“This presents complex challenges in providing each child with the best education possible. Many require individual timetables to address their individual needs and where appropriate this can include classes in mainstream schools.

“Any decision is taken with the best interest of each child in mind but also with the best interest of the wider school population.

“Lomond View Academy is jointly supported by education and community health and care partnership staff working together in a new state of the art modern facility to ensure each individual child’s needs are catered for.

“Any parent who has issues or concerns can contact the head teacher or authority to discuss their child’s education, welfare and wellbeing.” Police recently had to rush to Lomond View Academy during a ‘serious incident’ at the school.

Officers were allegedly confronted on 26 September by two pupils wielding weapons and had to spray the boys with CS gas in order to disarm them.

The boys, aged 12 and 13, are being dealt with under the Reporter to the Children’s Hearing system.