Published:
7:00 AM December 17, 2021
Suffolk County Council has been told to pay thousands of pounds to the parents of two children whose special needs requirements were not adequately met by the authority quickly enough.
The children, who are now aged 12 and 15, are from Needham Market. The ombudsman found that the boy, now 15, was not found suitable school provision between September 2019 and July 2020. His sister, now 12, missed out on education between October 2019 and March 2020.
The children were both diagnosed as being on the Autistic Spectrum Disorder but despite having many meetings with council officials their mother, Emma Eveleigh, said it took far too long to get them into appropriate schooling.
The girl’s case was decided in July when the ombudsman found against the council and ordered it to pay £2,000 to Mrs Eveleigh as compensation and to help her daughter’s education.
In the other finding, released earlier this month, Mrs Eveleigh was awarded just over £3,000 to provide special help for her son’s education and £300 as compensation for the time and effort…
