Bury Council has been ordered to pay hundreds of pounds in compensation to two families after failures were found in their provision of special needs education.
The results of two separate cases where the council failed in its statutory duties towards the youngsters have been published by the Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman in the past week.
In one case, the council was ordered to pay a complainant referred to as 'Miss C' £500, after the authority failed to update her son’s Education, Health and Care Plan (EHCP) following annual reviews. The ombudsman found fault with the council for this failure and for a delay in answering her complaint.