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Category Archives: SEND
SEND is ‘system in crisis’ according to Ombudsman report
Children with SEND – special educational needs and disabilities – are increasingly being failed by the system designed to support them. That’s according to no less an authority than the Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman. In its latest report … Continue reading
Posted in Children's Services, Education, Health, SEND, Sutton Council
Tagged Croydon, Croydon Council, SEND, Sutton Council
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Council issues false information as they cover their FoI tracks
Following our exclusive report last week on how Sutton was cynically trying to frustrate public questions submitted through a widely accepted online platform, the council quickly issued a statement. But what they claimed was not entirely true. CARL SHILTON picks … Continue reading
Posted in Helen Bailey, Ruth Dombey, SEND, Sutton Council
Tagged Helen Bailey, Liberal Democrats, Ruth Dombey, Sutton Council, WhatDoTheyKnow
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Sutton’s efforts to block public FoIs back-fires for Bailey
CARL SHILTON on the latest blunder in efforts to block public accountability at the LibDem-controlled council A blatant attempt by a south London council to shut down transparency and close off a well-respected and well-used online tool for putting Freedom … Continue reading
Posted in Helen Bailey, Ruth Dombey, SEND, Sutton Council
Tagged Helen Bailey, Liberal Democrats, Ruth Dombey, Sutton Council, WhatDoTheyKnow
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Official figures show Croydon is capital’s worst for complaints
Our Town Hall reporter, KEN LEE, crunches some numbers and finds that according to the annual report from the Local Government Ombudsman, our council does not compare well, however you dress it up Official figures from the Local Government Ombudsman … Continue reading
Posted in Adult Social Care, Bromley Council, Children's Services, Croydon Council, Education, Jo Negrini, Lambeth Council, Merton, Planning, SEND, Southwark Council, Sutton Council, TfL, Tony Newman
Tagged Bromley, Conservative, Croydon Council, Haringey, Jo Negrini, Labour, Lambeth, Liberal Democrats, Local Government Ombudsman, London, London Borough of Croydon, Merton, Ombudsman, Southwark, Sutton, Tory
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Parents group want Sutton’s head of SEND to be sacked
A parents campaign group has backed a call for the sacking of Sutton Council’s head of SEND, Councillor Jenny Batt. The parents issued a statement this morning in which they said that they have found Batt’s “complete failure to engage … Continue reading
Sutton Council sacks Cognus MD over their SEND shambles
Our Sutton investigations editor, CARL SHILTON, on an inevitable development in the council’s struggles over its special educational needs services Tracey Burley has been sacked as the managing director of Cognus, the Sutton Council spin-off company which is responsible for … Continue reading
Posted in Marian James, Ruth Dombey, SEND, Sutton Council
Tagged Cognus, Marian James, Ruth Dombey, SEND, Sutton Council, Sutton EHCP Crisis Campaign Group
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Council’s sorry performance after Ombudsman’s dozen rulings
One reason that rulings by the Local Government Ombudsman against local authorities, such as Croydon, attract so little attention is that the Ombudsman’s office never insists that the offending councils should publish the findings in full on their own website. … Continue reading
Sutton’s Bailey moves over Cognus as SEND pressure mounts
A crisis over provision of SEND services has forced the council’s chief exec to take urgent action, appointing a director to the company in charge Sutton stages a full council meeting tonight at which the borough’s provision of services for … Continue reading
Posted in Helen Bailey, Marian James, Ruth Dombey, SEND, Sutton Council
Tagged Amalia Banon, Helen Bailey, Marian James, SEND, Sutton Council
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Call for resignations over ‘devastation’ to SEND children
EXCLUSIVE: One of Sutton’s senior councillors is under pressure over continuing failures to provide legally required services for hundreds of vulnerable youngsters. CARL SHILTON reports It is becoming increasingly apparent that Marian James, one of Sutton Council leader Ruth Dombey’s … Continue reading
