Slough Borough Council has been told to pay a mother £2,250 after her child with special educational needs missed almost a full year of school. This meant the child, referred to as Y, was left without a suitable placement and missed two-and-a-half terms of education . After Y stopped attending school in June 2024, the council did not secure tuition for the child until April 2025. The council had an amended EHC plan ready in August 2025, ‘almost a year late’, the ombudsman said. The ombudsman found the council was at fault for both the delay in alternative tuition and the issuing of the EHC plan, and the mother had suffered ‘avoidable distress’.

Source: Express February 12, 2026 16:02 UTC