Special Education Needs labels doubled in 20 years while the financial support is dropping

Every fifth child is labeled with a Special Needs statement, which is double the number from 20 years ago, the latest Department for Education statistics show. The Release figures show that in 2010 more than 30 000 children between the age of two and four were assessed by schools or nurseries as having special needs.…

Another blow for Special Schools…

Another blow for Special Schools as spending “clean up” scratched off School building programme Special Schools across the country are reeling from the impact of Education Secretary Michael Gove’s decision to cut £1bn from the schools budget, seriously compromising the improvement building plans of many affected school communities. “For years we have been struggling with…