North London boy with ADHD missed his GCSEs after being left with no school place for 3 months

North London boy with ADHD missed his GCSEs after being left with no school place for 3 months

The Local Government Ombudsman ordered Brent Council to pay his mum £1,000 but said it's "very unlikely" the boy would have been ready to take the exams even with a school place

Mum claims son with ADHD missed GCSEs after Brent Council failed to provide education for three months

A boy with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) missed out on taking his GCSE exams because he had no school place for around three months, his mum said. Brent Council has been ordered to pay the mum £1,000 compensation following an investigation by the Local Government Ombudsman (LGO). The local authority was found to be at fault for the delay in providing alternative education after the son – referred to in the report as Y – was rem…