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Rochdale admits to huge SEND b ...

Rochdale Council has admitted to a booming backlog of Education, Health and Care (EHC) plans to review. The Borough Council told the Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman it had a backlog of near ...

‘National scandal’ of SEN ...

There is a ‘national scandal’ of local authorities not meeting the needs of children with special educational needs (SEN). That’s the view of the Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman, Amer ...

EHC plans in crisis, warns Omb ...

A UK Government body has warned of a ‘crisis’ over delays in issuing education, health and care (EHC) plans. The Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman criticised councils and the Government o ...

Families denied ‘vital’ re ...

Nearly one in three families of children with special needs in South Gloucestershire has not been receiving ‘vital’ respite support. That’s the finding of the Local Government and Social Care Om ...

Warning to councils to provide ...

The UK’s Ombudsman has highlighted councils’ duty to provide free, suitable transport to school or college for disabled children and adults. It follows the case of a mother from Stockton-on-Tees. ...

Suffolk Council slammed for fa ...

The Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman has slammed Suffolk County Council for multiple failures in providing alternative education for children out of school. Ombudsman Michael King said the ...

Warning to councils to deliver ...

Councils have been warned of the need to deliver therapies set out in children’s Education, Health and Care (EHC) plans. Michael King, the Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman, issued the warn ...

Council pushed into paying for ...

The Local Government Ombudsman has pushed a council into overturning its refusal to pay for college transport. Staffordshire County Council had refused to pay to get an autistic teenager to her colleg ...

Mum wins compensation over edu ...

A local authority has been told to pay compensation to a family for a delay in providing special needs education and support. The move sends a strong signal to other local authorities over meeting the ...

Council failings mean boy deni ...

A Sheffield boy with special educational needs has missed out on much of his senior schooling because the city council did not provide suitable alternative education for him. That’s the official fi ...

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