Local Government Ombudsman, Anne Seex, found King’s Grammar School in Grantham had taken the wrong advice from a consortium of local grammar schools. It did not make any adjustments for the boy, who had dyspraxia and attention deficit disorder.
The consortium of schools had wrongly said adjustments did not need to be made unless a child had a statement of special educational needs.
During the exam the boy became distressed and was not able to see the paper. He failed, and his mother appealed against the refusal of a place at the school.
The appeal hearing did not consider the school’s duties under the Disability Discrimination Act or the Codes of Practice of School Admissions and School Admissions Appeals, and the ombudsman found this to be maladministration.
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