A report from the Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman outlines a complaint brought against Luton Borough Council by the mother of a primary school child with SEND after it was found the child's EHC plan had not been reviewed or amended.
The ombudsman went on to discover during the course of the investigation that the council was carrying out “significantly fewer” annual reviews of children’s EHC plans than it was legally required to do so.
“The investigation found Luton could not accurately say how many annual reviews it has undertaken because it does not have complete information about review meetings which have taken place in its schools,” the report states.
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