IPad disabled, find my ipad offline - why?

My son managed to set a passcode on his restricted ipad and then forgot what it was, after 6 attempts the ipad is disabled as it should be. This happened at school. When he brought it home for me to fix, it wouldnt connect to the home wifi so therefore the find my ipad wouldnt work - why is this? I left it at home for hours and tried to locate it using find my ipad many times but it wouldnt locate. On the disabled ipad screen I could see there was no wifi connection, but all of the other devices in the house were connected to wifi no problem.
Just wondering if this is because of any restrictions set? (find my ipad is enabled, location services is enabled but both restricted from being turned off)
Thanks in advance,
Barry

Thank you! I had not uncovered the hold and plugin bit yet. Now if only they wouldn't force me to update the operating system, not sure my older tech can handle more updates... wish I could just keep it back in time when it wasn't so sluggish. I the upgrades insure compatibility but at this point with this old girl I'd be happy if she was simple and ran smoothly. I don't need her to do a lot.
Also I meant to click "solved my problem" but goofed, is there a way to switch once clicked? New to apple communities.

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