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Manchester Council ordered to review alternative education policy

2 mins read Education Special Educational Needs
The way alternative education in Manchester is provided will be reviewed after the local government and social care ombudsman raised concerns about the treatment of a boy with learning and behavioural difficulties.
Manchester Council has agreed to recommendations made by the ombudsman. Picture: Adobe Stock
Manchester Council has agreed to recommendations made by the ombudsman. Picture: Adobe Stock

A report published by the ombudsman found problems in how the council handled the case of the boy who stopped attend his mainstream school since April 2019 because he was medically unfit due to suffering from anxiety.

His grandmother, who has parental responsibility for him, said the boy was being bullied and his health and special educational needs were not being met.

The council failed to tell her a place was available in her preferred school, which specialised in children with emotional and mental health difficulties. Instead the council waited until it had received details of a second school – which specialised in education for children with autistic spectrum conditions – and named the second school in the the boy's education, health and care (EHC) plan.

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