Council pays out thousands after failing to provide education to vulnerable boy for 10 months

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Sign up to the free MyBury newsletter to get the best stories direct to your inbox Bury council has been ordered to pay £3,000 to a vulnerable boy’s family after a damning report found it failed to provide him with an education for 10 months.

The Local Government Ombudsman has published its findings after a complaint was made about the lack of education for the boy, who has special educational needs, a diagnosis of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and autism.

In a scathing report, the ombudsman said the council had ‘not shown any consideration of the boy’s individual circumstances’ and caused him to miss almost year of schooling. READ MORE:Man told to self-isolate for 10 days claims NHS Test and Trace revealed name of his