Archive has 22 results
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Essex County Council (20 002 386)
Statement Not upheld School transport 05-Mar-2021
Summary: Mrs X complained about the Council’s decision to withdraw an offer of home to school transport when she accepted a place for her daughter at a school further away than the school where it first offered her a place. Mrs X then took up the place at the first school and the Council reinstated the transport offer. We have discontinued our investigation as it would not achieve any useful outcome for Mrs X and her daughter.
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Statement Not upheld School transport 05-Mar-2021
Summary: the complainant complained the Council failed to properly consider her application for free home to school transport when her daughter gained a place at a grammar school through an admissions appeal. The Council says it and the school transport appeal panel considered the appeal properly but could not grant free school transport under its policy. We found the Council and its appeal panel acted without fault.
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Warwickshire County Council (20 003 318)
Statement Upheld School transport 04-Mar-2021
Summary: Miss X complained about the Council's decision that her child was not eligible for free school transport. Miss X said this meant she had to pay for transport. The Council was at fault for failing to properly consider whether it was appropriate for Miss X to accompany her child. The Council has agreed to reconsider its decision and amend its policy.
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Hertfordshire County Council (19 009 098)
Statement Not upheld School transport 24-Feb-2021
Summary: Mr A complained regarding the Council’s school transport charges for his disabled son. He said he could not afford them, and they were unfair. We find there is no fault by the Council regarding the contributions it has charged.
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Derbyshire County Council (20 010 886)
Statement Closed after initial enquiries School transport 19-Feb-2021
Summary: We will not investigate this complaint about the Council completing actions agreed with the Ombudsman. This is because it is unlikely we would find evidence of fault by the Council causing injustice.
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Essex County Council (20 002 063)
Statement Not upheld School transport 18-Feb-2021
Summary: Miss X complained about the Council’s decision on her application and appeal for home to school transport for her son. We do not find fault with the way the Council made its decision, but the Council has accepted our suggestion for some further signposting about the right of appeal.
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Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council (20 005 676)
Statement Upheld School transport 15-Feb-2021
Summary: Mrs X complains the Council has wrongly refused to provide free school transport for her son and wrongly rejected her appeal against its decision. The Council is at fault as it has not properly considered the impact of her son’s special educational needs on his ability to walk safely to school. This is fault by the Council which has caused injustice. The Council has agreed to reconsider the case.
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Suffolk County Council (20 003 724)
Statement Upheld School transport 10-Feb-2021
Summary: the complainant complained the Council wrongly refused her application for home to school transport and refused to exercise discretion to allow her to appeal. The Council says it applied its home to school transport policy properly and did not offer an appeal because the appeal arrived after its deadline. We find the Council acted with fault and recommend a remedy.
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London Borough of Sutton (19 019 635)
Statement Upheld School transport 09-Feb-2021
Summary: Ms X complained that the Council agreed to help with home to school transport costs for her daughter but delayed in doing so and failed to respond to her emails. She said it also failed to fully respond to her complaint and put in place reasonable adjustments in view of her autism. Ms X suffered distress and inconvenience because of the Council’s failings. Her daughter also suffered distress and was unable to attend her autistic school. The Council has agreed to apologise to Ms X and make a payment in recognition of the injustice caused.
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Nottingham City Council (18 018 188)
Report Upheld School transport 10-Nov-2020
Summary: Miss B complains that; the Council unreasonably refused to provide home to school transport for her son C to his previous school and the special academy for pupils with moderate learning difficulties named in his Education Health and Care Plan (EHCP); the Council failed to take proper account of the difficulty C has walking long distances due to his hypermobility, or his diagnoses of autism, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and oppositional defiant disorder (ODD) which make it difficult for him to use regular public transport; as a result, in order to get C to and from school, she has had to pay £400 a month to take C in a private taxi; this put her into debt on her utility bills and she was no longer able to afford the cost of a taxi for C; and this in turn has severely affected his school attendance and his social and educational development.