An autistic six-year-old boy has been suspended from a Skipton school for 30 days after teachers said his disruptive behaviour put them and other pupils at risk.

Michael Wloch has been told not to return to St Stephen's School until October 8.

But his distressed mother Wendy is blaming staff and education chiefs for failing to "statement" Michael so he can get special one-to-one teaching.

Already this year the youngster has been suspended three times.

Now North Yorkshire County Council has told his parents he must not return until October 8.

In a letter to the family, education chiefs say Michael's behaviour is such that they consider "children and adults and Michael himself to be at risk of being harmed" and the "education of Michael's classmates under threat".

But Mrs Wolch, 27, of Belgrave Street, Skipton, says Michael is depressed and not sleeping because of the situation. She is to remove him from St Stephen's and wants him to be "statemented"- to have his educational needs assessed - and find him another school by September

She claimed teachers have not used strategies suggested to cope with Michael and he had had inadequate support.

Michael, who has a three-year-old sister Emily, was diagnosed with Asperger's Syndrome two months ago. He has been disrupting his class since last September. He has thrown toys and pencils at his teacher, pushed his teacher and classmates and turned over a table.

Things came to a head on Fri-day when Mrs Wloch was called to the school to remove Michael because of his behaviour.

Michael was given extra help in class earlier this year - two hours a day paid for by the school and education authority - after experts said he had behavioural problems.

"He finds noises hard to cope with, especially in the dining room," said Mrs Wolch, whose husband Stefan, 34, is a computer programmer. "He gets scared and has thrown his dinner across the room and laid down on the floor."

The couple moved to Skipton from Wibsey in January 2002.

A school spokesman said: "We are continuing to resolve the difficulties the child is experiencing. We're not in a position to speak about individual children and will continue to work closely with the education authority."

An education spokesman said officials were working to meet the needs of the child. "The aim is to ensure the child is reintegrated into school," he said.