KTS v The Governing Body of Milby Primary School (SEN): [2026] UKUT 41 (AAC)
Upper Tribunal Administrative Appeals Chamber decision by Lord Justice Dingemans, Mrs Justice Heather Williams and Judge Stout on 27 January 2026.
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Judicial Summary
The appellants brought a disability discrimination claim under the Equality Act 2010 against the respondent school governing body in respect of treatment afforded to their child (D). Following two hearings before the First-tier Tribunal, and an intervening appeal to the Upper Tribunal (UA-2023-001275-HS, [2024] UKUT 139 (AAC)), the claim largely succeeded. The appellants wished to publish the First-tier Tribunal decisions and applied to the First-tier Tribunal to vary the rule 14 order it had made so as to permit publication naming the respondent school (but not D).The First-tier Tribunal refused the application, noting in doing so that the rule 14 order made in the Upper Tribunal had specifically prohibited naming the respondent school. The Upper Tribunal allowed the appellant’s appeal against the First-tier Tribunal’s decision, and the appellant’s application to vary the Upper Tribunal’s order, and ordered the respondent governing body and the school to be named. The Upper Tribunal also gives guidance in relation to the use of rule 14 orders in special educational needs and disability cases in the First-tier Tribunal and the Upper Tribunal.