Gilliatt The parents of a child with cerebral palsy, and who needed to use a wheelchair, wished her to attend a particular mainstream school near to her home, and which most of her friends from primary school had attended. The local authority argued at the SENT that their preferred option was more suitable, as financial resources were being allocated to adapt that school to meet the needs of a number of disabled students, whereas the parents’ preferred choice would involve additional expenditure of some pounds 120,000. The SENT’s decision (to uphold the parents’ choice) was attacked on the grounds that the reasons were not clearly set out. The court held that the reasons were sufficiently clear, but even if they had not been the decision was a reasonable one which the SENT had been entitled to reach on the evidence before it.
Judges:
Mr Justice Collins
Citations:
[1996] EWHC Admin 73
Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Education
Updated: 10 July 2022; Ref: scu.136621