A dad has been handed over £5,000 in compensation after a council failed to provide “suitable education” for his son. A report by the Local Government Ombudsman revealed how the child, who has special educational needs, missed an entire academic year as he approached secondary school age.
The Ombudsman said the council failed to provide the required tuition after the pupil left two schools in quick succession, because they were unable to cater for him. The local authority had accepted a degree of fault over the case, but was told to nearly double its cash offer to the boy’s father by way of apology.
The report told how the then Year 5 pupil had left one primary school in October 2020, after it said it could no longer accommodate his needs. He then joined another school in February 2021, but had been given only three hours of online home education a week by the council in the meantime, reports LeedsLive.
