The complaint was made after the boy’s family said that the council failed to provide proper alternative education after being unable to attend his primary school.
They were concerned the council did not put in place extra support when it became aware of the boy’s diagnosis with an autistic spectrum condition and anxiety.
The missed period of education started in November 2018, when he stopped attending school due to behavioural difficulties. He was diagnosed with autism privately within months but in June 2019 the council declined to carry out an Education, Health and Care (EHC) assessment and said it was looking to reintegrate him back into his mainstream school.
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