Norfolk County Council was criticised by watchdogs for its failure to meet its legal duties over the boy, who has autism.

In 2024, the boy's mother had taken the council to a tribunal about his education health and care plan.

Norfolk County Council's County Hall headquarters (Image: Mike Page)

That plan is a formal acknowledgment of a child's special educational needs and disabilities (SEND), which lay out the support they need.

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The council,

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