A Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman investigation has found that Hampshire County Council expected a young child with special educational needs to travel on their own in a taxi to school – or face a three-hour round-trip in shared transport, which would exceed its own guidance on the maximum time limit on school journeys.

Parents of Holland Park School students have launched a third judicial review application in four months over a decision to move the school from a single-academy trust to a multi-academy trust.

The Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman (LGSCO) has criticised Liverpool City Council for not ensuring two teenage siblings with significant needs were provided with the support they should have received for 18 months.

Attempts in the Children and Families Act 2014 to improve provision for children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) failed through lack of sufficient powers and funds for councils, the Local Government Association (LGA) has said in its response to the latest round of proposed changes to the system.

Surrey County Council will pay more than £9,000 to a mother after a Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman investigation found the local authority consistently made flawed decisions relating to her child's personal budget "by reason of not having robust systems and policies".

The High Court has given permission for a judicial review challenge over Neath Port Talbot Council's decision to close three English medium schools in the Pontardawe area to establish one English medium school.

A Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman's (LGSCO) position that it could not investigate an autistic man's complaint that Oldham Council had made numerous claims it sought his views, when in fact it had not, was wrong, the High Court has ruled.

Sheffield City Council has agreed to pay more than £25,000 in compensation to a vulnerable woman after a Local Government, and Social Care Ombudsman investigation found she had gone without education for more than four years.

The Secretary of State for Education has been threatened with a legal claim arguing that its consultation on the Special Educational Needs and Disability (SEND) green paper fails to provide consultees with information about the inability of the First-tier Tribunal (SEND)("FTT") to award damages as a remedy to successful claimants.

An Ombudsman investigation has found that a boy with special educational needs missed out on education for almost two years, after Dorset Council failed to provide the boy with proper alternative education.

The Secretary of State for Education has been threatened with a legal claim arguing that its consultation on the Special Educational Needs and Disability (SEND) green paper fails to provide consultees with information about the inability of the First-tier Tribunal to award damages as a remedy to successful claimants.

A Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman investigation has found failures by some councils to put in place alternative education for children who need it, "robbing them of their potential to thrive".