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Twins, 5, separated at school against mum’s wishes

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The identical twins have been separated to ‘develop as individuals’ (Picture: Google Maps)

A mum has been left furious after her identical twins were separated into different classes at school.

Amanda McHugh, of Swindon, Wiltshire, said her five-year-old Lilly suffers with severe anxiety and mild autism and depends on her twin Tilly.

The twins weighed less than a bag of sugar when they were born prematurely at 24 weeks and given just a 50 per cent chance of survival.

Since then, they have relied on each other for support and are very close.

But their school has now ruled that they need to be in different classes to help them ‘develop as individuals’ starting from September.

Amanda said Lilly has been waking up in the night crying at the thought of leaving sister Tilly.

She said: ‘Lilly relies on Tilly because Lilly is the one with slight autism and severe anxiety.

‘Lilly started crying every time she was coming out of school and she’s been waking up at night crying and wetting the bed because she doesn’t want to leave her sister.

The school said the decision was made by highly experienced professionals (Picture: Google Maps)

‘I’ve addressed this with the school but they have said they’re going to split them up no matter what.’

Despite Lilly’s mild autism, Amanda had wanted to keep both children in mainstream education at East Wichel Primary School, so that they could stay together.

But the school has insisted that it is acting in the twins’ best interests and the decision was made by its ‘highly experienced professionals’.

Amanda said: ‘I don’t think they should be split yet.

‘I can understand what the school is saying by wanting to have them have their own independence but I don’t think at this moment in time that should happen.

‘The doctor said they’ll give me a letter to say the children should be kept together because of their disabilities.

‘I told the head I had a doctor’s letter but the decision is final. They will be separated.

‘A couple of years down the line we’ll be willing to give it a go, but right now they’re not ready.

‘I’d just like them to take into consideration the disabilities that my children have.’

East Wichel School issued a statement which read: ‘The allocation of pupils to any class is a decision made by the highly experienced professionals.

‘We think about a variety of factors when making these decisions and we believe that this is in the very best interest of the twins.

‘Being in separate classes will enable them to develop as individuals; to learn well; to establish their own friendships and to grow in confidence.

‘These classes have shared outdoor and indoor spaces and all of the children are together at break times, lunchtimes and assemblies.’



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Twins, 5, separated at school against mum’s wishes

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The identical twins have been separated to ‘develop as individuals’ (Picture: Google Maps)

A mum has been left furious after her identical twins were separated into different classes at school.

Amanda McHugh, of Swindon, Wiltshire, said her five-year-old Lilly suffers with severe anxiety and mild autism and depends on her twin Tilly.

The twins weighed less than a bag of sugar when they were born prematurely at 24 weeks and given just a 50 per cent chance of survival.

Since then, they have relied on each other for support and are very close.

But their school has now ruled that they need to be in different classes to help them ‘develop as individuals’ starting from September.

Amanda said Lilly has been waking up in the night crying at the thought of leaving sister Tilly.

She said: ‘Lilly relies on Tilly because Lilly is the one with slight autism and severe anxiety.

‘Lilly started crying every time she was coming out of school and she’s been waking up at night crying and wetting the bed because she doesn’t want to leave her sister.

The school said the decision was made by highly experienced professionals (Picture: Google Maps)

‘I’ve addressed this with the school but they have said they’re going to split them up no matter what.’

Despite Lilly’s mild autism, Amanda had wanted to keep both children in mainstream education at East Wichel Primary School, so that they could stay together.

But the school has insisted that it is acting in the twins’ best interests and the decision was made by its ‘highly experienced professionals’.

Amanda said: ‘I don’t think they should be split yet.

‘I can understand what the school is saying by wanting to have them have their own independence but I don’t think at this moment in time that should happen.

‘The doctor said they’ll give me a letter to say the children should be kept together because of their disabilities.

‘I told the head I had a doctor’s letter but the decision is final. They will be separated.

‘A couple of years down the line we’ll be willing to give it a go, but right now they’re not ready.

‘I’d just like them to take into consideration the disabilities that my children have.’

East Wichel School issued a statement which read: ‘The allocation of pupils to any class is a decision made by the highly experienced professionals.

‘We think about a variety of factors when making these decisions and we believe that this is in the very best interest of the twins.

‘Being in separate classes will enable them to develop as individuals; to learn well; to establish their own friendships and to grow in confidence.

‘These classes have shared outdoor and indoor spaces and all of the children are together at break times, lunchtimes and assemblies.’



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