The child was subject to a special needs statement. The parents decided upon a particular school, but the authority set out in the statement its own preference for a nearer school, and its decision accordingly to refuse free transport to school.
Held: The incorporation in the statement of a decision about the provision of transport costs, was not properly based, and could not be used to justify the withholding of a contribution to such costs.
Goldring J
Times 01-Mar-2007
England and Wales
Education, Local Government
Updated: 10 December 2021; Ref: scu.253201