In its plan for the next three years, the LGO recommends extending its jurisdiction to include complaints about SEND more broadly.
The changes would help close the “accountability gap” and keep the ombudsman abreast of the bigger picture, it states in its Trienial Review 2024-2027.
Proposed powers include investigation of schools':
The review highlights how it currently finds fault in 92% of the SEND cases it investigates and the numbers are increasing rapidly.
The review, which prioritises SEND alongside system sustainability, adult social care and, housing and homelessness, states: “Our current role is to look at the actions of a local authority in producing and monitoring the delivery of an EHC Plan but there are thousands of children and young people who do not meet the threshold for such a plan but would otherwise benefit from the additional support to reach their potential which schools are required to provide.
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