While at a mainstream secondary school he should have received academic help and support with his social skills and emotional wellbeing through his Education, Health and Care plan (EHCP).
But council failures prevented much of this support being put in place over a three-year period, according to local government and social care ombudsman Michael King.
He found that the boy did not receive any social skills support for much of the 2018/19 school year and no emotional wellbeing support between May 2019 and March 2020. This was not fully provided until a year later.
Also, he received less than three hours in total of academic support every half term between 2020 and 2021, while this should have been four hours.
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