(UK) 1,600 new places for SPED students

July 28, 2017, LocalGov.Co.UK: Whitehall announces new free school places for SEN pupils https://www.localgov.co.uk/Whitehall-announces-new-free-school-places-for-SEN-pupils-/43528 A total of 19 local authorities have invited applications to sponsor new free schools for children with special needs. Schools system minister Lord Nash said it would mean more than 1,600 new special free school places being created throughout England. … The new schools are part of the most-recent wave approved in April, separate from government plans to open 30 free schools in partnership with local authorities as recently announced by education secretary Justine Greening. The new specifications include a 200-place school for pupils aged 3-19 in Bedford and a 100-place school for pupils aged 5-19 with complex communication and interaction needs, autism spectrum disorder and other social and mental health needs in Doncaster....