BBC NI Education Correspondent Robbie Meredith has reported on a recent judicial review which found that The Education Authority (EA) breached the human rights of two pupils with complex medical needs, where in one case the pupil was prevented from attending school for long periods and in the other, access was hindered. The situation arose during the Covid 19 pandemic when the pupils were denied transport to school as they had serious respiratory conditions which required ventilation and it was decided that this was going to pose a risk to the drivers of the school buses.

The finding of the review of the action brought by the Children's Law Centre (CLC), acting on behalf of the pupils was that both