July 27, 2017, The (UK) Sentinel: Sponsor needed to run new Crewe free school for special needs pupils http://www.stokesentinel.co.uk/sponsor-needed-to-run-new-crewe-free-school-for-special-needs-pupils/story-30458161-detail/story.html
The search began today for a sponsor to run a new free school that will cater for pupils with social, emotional and mental health difficulties.
It comes after Cheshire East Council won Government approval to kick-start the plans, which will help meet the demand for more specialist provision in the borough.
It means young people will no longer have to travel long distances for their education. Council officials have already identified a vacant site in Crewe that used to be home to Lodgefields Primary School.
Cheshire East is one of 19 local authorities given permission to invite applications from potential special school sponsors.
Welcoming the developments, education minister Lord Nash said: “Free schools are providing many good, new school places in response to the needs of communities across the county….
A Cheshire East Council spokesman said: “We are extremely pleased and excited by the opportunities this decision will bring for children and young people living in the borough.
“We will now start the hard work to ensure this is delivered in a timely fashion, so that this can become a reality as soon as possible."...
In April, The Sentinel revealed that Stoke-on-Trent was to get its first free school, the City Enterprise Academy. It will open in September 2018 and will cater for up to 100 secondary age students, giving a fresh start to young people who have either been excluded or have struggled to cope in mainstream classes.
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Childhood Lost
Children today are noticeably different from previous generations, and the proof is in the news coverage we see every day. This site shows you what’s happening in schools around the world. Children are increasingly disabled and chronically ill, and the education system has to accommodate them. Things we've long associated with autism, like sensory issues, repetitive behaviors, anxiety and lack of social skills, are now problems affecting mainstream students. Blame is predictably placed on bad parenting (otherwise known as trauma from home).
Addressing mental health needs is as important as academics for modern educators. This is an unrecognized disaster. The stories here are about children who can’t learn or behave like children have always been expected to. What childhood has become is a chilling portent for the future of mankind.
Anne Dachel, Media editor, Age of Autism
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What will happen in another 4 years? How can we go on like this? This is a national (and international) problem of monumental proportions. We have an entire new class of children who cannot be accommodated by the system: many are manifestly neurologically impaired. Meanwhile, the government and the medical profession sleep on regardless.
John Stone,
UK media editor, Age of Autism
The generation of American children born after 1990 are arguably the sickest generation in the history of our country.
Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.
It seemed to me that with rising autism prevalence, you’d also see rising autism costs to society, and it turns out, the costs are catastrophic.
They calculated that in 2015 autism cost the United States $268 billion and they projected that if autism continues at its current rate, we’re looking at one trillion dollars a year in autism costs by 2025, so within five years.
Toby Rogers, PhD, Political economist
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