Ombudsman criticises Haringey council over support for boy with SEN
The Local Government Ombudsman has ordered Haringey council to apologise to a boy with learning difficulties after it took more than a year to issue him with a statement of special educational needs (SEN).
The ombudsman ruled that the delay amounted to maladministration causing injustice and ordered the council to review its SEN assessment procedures.
The 2001 SEN Code of Practice says councils must deal with a request for a statement within 26 weeks.
But the ombudsman Jane Martin found a raft of delays at multiple stages in the boy
