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Central Bedfordshire Council headquarters, Chicksands.

Ombudsman makes 29th ruling over special needs failings against council

Central Bedfordshire Council Chicksands HQ. Photo: LDRS

Council to pay £450 to mum after failing child with special needs

Central Bedfordshire Council offices

Mum's £4,200 payout from council after it failed special needs daughter

Central Bedfordhire Council headquarters in Chicksands.

Council pays out £4k after failing student with special needs

Central Bedfordshire Council

Council 'sorry' after missing education plan deadline for child with SEND

Central Beds Council has been ordered to apologise and pay £8,200 to the family

Council to pay £8,200 after failings see child miss school for 20 months

Central Bedfordshire Council Chicksands HQ. Photo: LDRS

Council to pay £500 to mum of child with special needs over frustrating delays

Central Bedfordshire Council will have to pay a mother of a SEN pupil £1,050 and apologise to her for failing to provide education provision.

Council to pay mother of SEN pupil £1,050 for 'suitable’ education failings

Central Bedfordshire Council

Council pays out £600 to mum of child with special education needs

Central Bedfordshire Council

Central Beds Council apologises and pays £250 to mum of boy with special needs

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Special educational needs budget to remain in deficit despite funding 'boost'
Bedford Borough Council’s budget for children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) is forecast to remain in deficit next year, despite a headline increase in government funding.
John Guinn, Local Democracy Reporter

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Council apologises to mum for failing to provide her son suitable education

Central Bedfordshire Council has been fined and apologised to a parent for delays in responding to a request for a reassessment of her child's special needs

Council fined and forced to apologise over special needs assessment error

Central Bedfordshire Council headquarters, Chicksands.

"Appropriate" safeguarding in place says council after school transport chaos

Central Bedfordshire Council has apologised for delayed responses to emails by parents of children with special educational needs and disabilities

CBC apologises for 'sluggish' response to parents emails

CBC launched the consultation yesterday (Thursday).

Council urges residents to share views on draft SEND strategy

Central Bedfordshire Council

Council pays mum £200 over failure to fully provide special needs support

Central Bedfordshire Council headquarters.

Council pays £300 to mum after bullied daughter missed 6 months of school

Central Bedfordshire Council headquarters.

Mum gets more than £3k from council after it failed to provide son's support

Central Bedfordshire Council headquarters.

Council ordered to pay £500 after delay to student's education plan

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Consultation over Central Bedfordshire school transport could be on the way

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Increased demand for education, health and care plans in Central Bedfordshire

Central Bedfordshire Council

Council pays mum after issues with daughter's education, health and care plan

Central Bedfordhire Council headquarters. Picture: Tony Margiocchi

Mandatory training for Central Beds Council staff after data protection breaches

Central Bedfordshire Council headquarters.

Council apologises after delays to EHCP plan cause services to be withdrawn

Central Bedfordshire Council

Council ordered to pay out almost £5k after failing child with special needs

Central Bedfordshire Council

Second special educational needs data breach for council in two months
Central Bedfordshire Council is considering extra training options for staff, after a second special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) data breach in two months.
Euan Duncan, Local Democracy Reporter

Central Bedfordshire Council

Workshop and online session to supplement council's SEND provision

Central Bedfordshire Council

Council ordered to pay £800 after failing pupil with special educational needs

Central Beds Council

Ombudsman fines Central Beds Council £4k over child's education

Central Beds Council headquarters.

Failure to overhaul SEND in Central Beds could create £189m deficit in 5 years

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Local Authorities across the East urged to meet vital education deadline

Central Bedfordshire Council's Chicksands HQ

Central Bedfordshire Council ordered to pay £500 to mum over SEND complaint

Nationally, there were 53,000 appeals submitted against the 1.5 million admission decisions to send a child to a primary or secondary school, accounting for just 3.4 per cent. (Photo by: Ben Birchall/PA/Radar)

9 SEND children in Central Beds waiting for school places

Central Beds Council

Autistic boy missed GCSEs due to Central Beds Council failings says ombudsman

Central Beds Council

Council ordered to pay more than £2.5k for failing child with special needs

CBC headquarters, Chicksands.

Fine for Central Beds Council after special needs plan delay caused 'injustice'

Central Beds Council Chicksands HQ

Central Bedfordshire Council fined by ombudsman for delays with child's special ...

Central Bedfordshire Council's Chicksands offices

Council failed to properly deal with adult's special educational needs

An extraordinary children's services overview and scrutiny committee meeting has been arranged for Thursday, October 7

Special meeting after council ordered to pay compensation to parent and her son

The Action Group protested at Chicksands

Central Bedfordshire SEND Action Group parent warns number of children without a...

Parents demostrated outside Central Beds Council headquarters ahead of a meeting

Relentless demand for special needs school places in Central Bedfordshire

The government says ‘vulnerable children’ are exempt from the schools closure - ...

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