[2025] UKUT 010 (AAC)

This case concerns an EHC Plan) issued by the Respondent, Bristol City Council (the local authority), in respect of a boy whom I refer to in these reasons as D. I trust this causes no offence. D’s parents appealed to the First-tier Tribunal against the contents of D’s EHC Plan. I do not know why but it appears that, before the Tribunal, D’s mother was legally represented but his father represented himself. Despite that, the arguments that mother and father put to the Tribunal were not inconsistent.

The First-tier Tribunal gave the following description of D, who was aged 13 when his EHC Plan was issued:

“[D] was diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder (‘ASD’) when he was two years old. He is described in his EHCP as having a severe and complex learning disability. He also has significant communication difficulties.”