The immediate future seems uncertain for an 11-year-old Pembroke boy who was suspended so often from Whitney Institute that he might have to repeat his M1 year at his new school.

This week, the boy's mother, Angela James, dropped her son off for his first day at Dellwood Middle School and claimed the Middle Road school had wasted a year of her son's life.

Mrs. James said her son, who previously went to Elliot Primary School, suffers from Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), but said his behaviour has always been "manageable" with medication.

She said teachers at Elliot took the time to help her son adjust to a classroom environment, unlike the teachers at Whitney who simply sent him out of the classroom when he "acted up".

"He was suspended so many times that he missed most of his M1 school year at Whitney and following the last suspension the school said they didn't want him back," she said.

Mrs. James, who is currently at home recovering from a back injury, took care of her son for almost six weeks while she waited for his transfer to Dellwood.

"I have no idea why it took the Ministry so long to get the transfer approved, but after I called the newspaper, things seemed to happen," she said.

Mrs. James approached The Royal Gazette for help on Monday morning and less than five hours later was told by the Ministry that her son could start at Dellwood the following day.

She added that her son was a "lovely little boy" and was happy just to be going back to school.

"The teachers at Whitney just didn't have the patience to try and help him, so they just kept sending him out of the classroom and told me to medicate him more," she said.

Mrs. James added that she spoke to the school numerous times to find out what the problem was, but was never given a straight answer.

"I was made to understand that teachers were just getting frustrated with him and didn't want to teach him anymore," she said.

Mrs. James said she even considered putting him in the Special Education Centre at the old Devon Lane School in Devonshire where he would be given special attention, but changed her mind when she realised that he would have been the youngest pupil. "I just couldn't do that to him. He's just a little boy," she said.

Whitney Institute principal Freddie Evans confirmed on Monday that the boy had been transferred to another school following a request from his parents, but said he could not comment on the circumstances surrounding the suspensions.