S-MR v Carmarthenshire County Council: [2021] UKUT 294 (AAC)

Upper Tribunal Administrative Appeals Chamber decision by Judge Jacobs on 17 November 2021.

• From: HM Courts & Tribunals Service and Upper Tribunal (Administrative Appeals Chamber)
• Published: 10 December 2021

• Categories: Special educational needs
• Sub-categories: Special educational needs - special educational provision - naming school
• Judges: Jacobs, E
• Decision date: 17 November 2021

Read the full decision in HSW/1115/2021.

Judicial Summary

Placement - parents offering to transport child to preferred school - possibility of naming two schools, with parent’s preferred school being conditional on meeting transport costs.

Structured analysis leading from needs to provision to placement - distinction between analysis in decision-making and structure of evidence gathering.

Perceived bias - judges are entitled to test evidence and explore ideas - role of professional representative to held clients understand process.

Published 10 December 2021