A mum has claimed the council is trying to "bully" her into sending her son with autism to a mainstream school.
Emma Peters claims that because her six-year-old son Lucky has an Education and Health Care Plan (EHCP), he cannot attend a mainstream school.
Lucky was diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), a severe case of autism, about a year and a half ago and he also has severe learning difficulties.
The mum says that since February that Hull City Council has said the mainstream school is not appropriate for him so she will not send him to one.
She told HullLive : "We've got that legal document and it says that he can't go to mainstream school but they're still trying to bully me into it. I've said to them on multiple occasions that this is unlawful.
"I will not send him, it will not happen. They've just ignored everything. They've ignored the law. They've ignored my wishes.
"They've ignored my son's best interests. It's just what's easy for Hull City Council."
Emma and Lucky previously lived in Warwickshire and Warwickshire County Council awarded Lucky a full EHCP.
When she moved to Hull, she says she made it clear that going to a mainstream school is "off the cards" and that the EHCP protects him from the council attempting to put him in mainstream school.
She and her son went for a viewing at Tweendykes School, special education needs school in Hull, but when allocations came back there were no spaces at any special schools in Hull for Lucky.
Emma then told the council that she would homeschool him because she said that mainstream school is not an option for Lucky.
She claims that on August 19, the council rang her and said Lucky sounds like a really good candidate for education outside of the school package.
However, on August 22 she said that the council rang her again and said that he has been allocated to Wansbeck Primary School, a mainstream school.
Emma added: "This has all been done behind my back and they've all sat there and agreed to some cosy little agreement and they've just thought that they can bully me into it and, of course, it's not going to happen."
Emma has been homeschooling her son for nearly a year now and says it has been very difficult.
His verbal skills are also very limited. Emma said that he can only string a sentence together with the words that come into his head and he can just about convey his very basic needs.
She added: "I'm just trying to teach him skills like life skills and whatever I can get him to learn. I've tried but I'm not qualified to teach a special needs child. I just do my best. I just want what's best for my baby."
Emma attempted mainstream school with Lucky when they used to live in Warwickshire which she described as "an absolute complete failure".
A Hull City Council spokesperson responded: "We are working with the family to support them with their child's school place.
"The pupil will have support from the specialist SEND provision at the school that he has been allocated until a permanent place within a special school is available.
"We will ensure that the pupil is offered a specialist place as soon as we are able to. Earlier this year the council announced additional funding for pupils with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities which will see an increase in the number of specialist school places in the city. It will however take time for all of these places to be available to children."
The Mirror contacted Hull City Council for a comment.
