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Cornwall Council to review alternative education provision after ombudsman warning

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Cornwall Council is to review all cases of children in alternative education in the county to ensure they are not missing out on schooling.
Ombudsman Michael King called on the council to ramp up scrutiny of alternative education provision. Picture: LGO
Ombudsman Michael King called on the council to ramp up scrutiny of alternative education provision. Picture: LGO

The move has been made after a damning Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman (LGO) report criticised the council for a lack of oversight over its outsourcing of education services.

The concerns follow the case of a boy in the county who was not provided with alternative education for months after he was unable to attend his mainstream school due to mental health problems.

In the county alternative education for children with health issues is outsourced to Wave Multi-Academy Trust and education is provided by the academy Community and Hospital Education Service (CHES).

But it emerged that the boy was left out of education for five months in 2019. The council was found to have delayed his receipt of education by not directing CHES to provide his schooling.

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