Bradstow School: 'Serious safeguarding concerns' at special school

A mother has said her non-verbal autistic son was given incorrect doses of medication and absconded multiple times from a residential special school in Kent.

Kent County Council has written to parents to tell them it had "ongoing concerns" that "avoidable mistakes" had been made in the home. Ms Manser said Tadhg, who also has Tourette's Syndrome, was "happy and thriving" when he first started at Bradstow.BBC / Josie HannettThe school has not responded to specific allegations from the family.

"It was awful," she said. "I was googling what the side effects of an overdose of that particular drug could be."The BBC has seen a letter from the school to Ms Manser informing her that Tadhg had absconded twice in one day, which she said made her "terrified"."He has no road awareness and he can't swim."

A letter from KCC to parents of children at the school outlined a number of other alleged ongoing safeguarding issues, including some children "requiring hospital treatment" due to "unexplained accidents and injuries".

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