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Bury Council has been blasted by an ombudsman for not rectifying failings when ordered to do so. The local government and social care ombudsman said it had been ‘compelled to highlight’ two cases where the council has not acted to put things right in good time.
They added it had taken the ‘threat of publicly highlighting these failures’ for the Labour led council to take more urgent action. The ombudsman said Bury Council has taken too long to carry out their recommendations in two separate education complaints, leading them to publish reports on both cases.
They said the delays had ‘compounded the dismay’ felt by a families affected by the council’s failings. In the first case, the council agreed to update its transport to education policy for young adults with special educational needs.
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Despite agreeing to this in 2022, the process is not expected to be complete till spring of this year. In the second complaint, the council agreed to improve the service it provides to children who are being home educated, and whose parents want them to return to school.
In this case the council failed to apologise to the family who complained, or provide them with a sum for additional tutoring to make up for the missed education. In both cases, the council has now agreed to fresh recommendations to improve its services along with carrying out the previously agreed actions.
Paul Najsarek, local government and social care ombudsman, said: “It’s essential that councils put in place our recommendations and we will take action to highlight where this is not the case. “In both these cases the council agreed to our recommendations – and timescales – to
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