A report by the ombudsman Anne Seex focused on three different complaints involving children with special educational needs and the actions of both Leeds City Council and the children’s schools.
In one complaint, a severely disabled girl was found to have been left in a situation where at times the people caring for and educating her were unable to communicate with her as none of the available staff was competent in sign language.
There were also not enough staff to help her use the toilet, so she returned home in wet trousers, developed blisters and broken skin and suffered urinary tract infections.
In the second complaint, the ombudsman found that the council had failed in its duty as corporate parent to provide for the special educational needs of a boy who had been in the care of the council for most of his life.
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