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She said the school tried different ways to engage Rudakubana when he first joined. She said: "He came in and played basketball with his form tutor to get a feel of the building, to build those positive relationships. "He'd come in when it was his favourite lunch, so he'd come in and have pizza. "When AR's father said the classroom was too busy, we then took him out of the classroom and he was taught one to one." She said he also had specialist input from a speech and language therapist and an occupational therapist, who played chess with him to try and build a relationship. The inquiry has heard Rudakubana was permanently excluded from Range High School in Formby in 2019 after he admitted carrying knives. He later returned to the school, again carrying a knife, and assaulted another pupil with a hockey stick. Ms McLoughlin said full details of his history, in particular comments he had made saying he had intended to stab someone, were not included in his education, health and care plan (EHCP). She said if they had been, the school would not have accepted him. She said: "Children there are extremely vulnerable, if we had that information we would not have been able to meet AR's needs." The inquiry continues.
