You misunderstand my motivation. If they have to pay for their mistake then maybe, just maybe they will be a bit more careful. The other things like getting an education for her and a personal budget are the priority. Everything else is secondary. Sorry if I sounded mercenary.

Thank you very much very useful and reinforces what I knew,plus extra stuff I shall follow up very grateful. Cheers great site.

I want three things. 1) An EHP plan put in place with funding for an online virtual academy (NISAI) Also a personal budget. 2) I want the Council to compensate my daughter for the time they 'neglected' her. 3) The Council to totally implement their statutory duty with regard to children outside education for reasons of disability and illness and exclusions and to be more transparent in its process.

Thanks for the reply you obviously know your stuff. Under the Code of Practice Children and Families Act it says,' the early identification of children and young people's needs and early intervention to support them'. Didn't happen. Also collaboration between education, health and social care services to provide support. Didn't happen. Both are statutory directives and if not done since they are statutory then surely the law is broken ? I recently took my daughter off the College roll, she hadn't attended for 18 months. My daughter has not had a formal diagnosis of SEN or being disabled but fulfills all the criteria in the Acts. ( a physical or mental impairment that has a long term and substantial adverse effect on their ability to carry out normal day to day activities)( SEN has a disability which prevents or hinders them from making use of educational facilities of a kind provided for others of the same age) In the statutory guidance 2015 children missing education part of the introduction says: Local Authorities should have a robust procedure and policies in place to meet their duty in relation to children missing education. Didn't happen. Also section 436A of the Education Act 1996 has been ignored. Local Authorities must: arrange suitable full time education for children of compulsory school age who because of illness would not receive suitable education. For the two years of the time this applied to my daughter and was never done. At the onset of this problem 2014 I contacted the Council for help; spoke with a Senior Education Welfare Officer and the Councils specially dedicated Children's Officer and never heard any more. My contact with MARU advised me to Home Ed ( illegal ?) I have for three years been unaware of the 'Local Offer'. No one has ever directed me to it and the code of practice says it must be accessible and readily available. Can't be if you don't know it exists. My daughter is covered I think by the law to age 25. Is that correct?

She is now just 17. It all started when she was 14. She is on roll at a local college but due to anxiety she starts to vomit every day so doesn't attend. As it would be with any conventional education. No one from the Council has ever contacted us about her non-attendance. We applied for an EHP, which got lost. Complained to Local Govt. Ombudsman who could do much except tell them off. Alternative as in Online Virtual Academy . My daughter is disabled as she fulfills the requirements of the Equality Act. She is SEN for the same reason. The Council have been aware of her difficulty since 2014 when I contacted them for help. I got nothing and no advice or directions like, 'local offer'. I had heard nothing then for 18 months. CAMHS diagnosed anxiety on private referral. A local Charity dealing with children from Domestic Violence did also. I am waiting the LGO to respond my last complaint but isn't he toothless. I want to make the Council to be punished for breaking the law as in statutory directives.

Under the 2104 Children and Families Act 2014 Councils have certain Statutory directives regarding children who are not in education, for whatever reason. My daughter has been out of education for three years with separation anxiety brought about by her mother's domestic violence. Under the Act the Council are supposed to have provided 'alternative education' for her. The Act says they must work with schools/colleges to identify children in need and consult with them/their parents and other professional to provide alternatives suitable to their needs. Under the Equality Act and SEN regulations she is now classed as 'disabled and with SEN needs. However to date the Council have not followed any of the statutory directives. They have not even contacted me about her. I have complained to them. No result. I have complained to the Local Government Ombudsman. No result. I have complained to the Ministry of Education, told it was not their remit. How can I get them brought to task and get my daughter compensation for loss of education resulting from their not following the law? All over the UK there are families in the same situation.