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Council appeals term-time holidays decision to High Court
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Council awarded £1.3m in damages over leaking school roof
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Council calls for “immediate intervention” from Department for Education at school over governance concerns
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Council criticised by Ombudsman after girl left without proper education for nine months
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Council criticised by Ombudsman for failing to ensure child received SEN provision while appeal in First-tier Tribunal was ongoing
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Council criticised for failure to provide suitable education to boy with SEN
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Council cyber-attack cost estimated at more than £10 million
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Council decision on needs of teenager quashed in High Court after failure to assess “all relevant considerations”
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Council defeats challenge to grant of permission for boarding school expansion
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Council defeats claim brought by trespasser who fell through school skylight
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Council defeats High Court challenge over playing fields site for primary school
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Council defeats High Court challenge to school closure plans
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Council defeats judicial review challenge over changes to school transport and SEN transport policies
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Council defeats legal action over scrapping of subsidies for 20 nurseries
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Council defeats second judicial review challenge to nursery charging decision
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Council defends decision that education, health and care plan not necessary
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Council defends High Court challenge over decentralised model of specialist educational support
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Council delayed accepting EHCP when it was transferred from another council area, Ombudsman finds
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Council did not properly consider whether it needed to provide alternative education for young boy, Ombudsman finds
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Council dispute over responsibility for EHC plan delayed implementation, Ombudsman finds
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