(UK) Enfield: Plans made for 96 place school for children with "complex needs"; 700 requests for SPED plans
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An education trust has been named as the winning bidder to run a new special needs school set to open in the centre of Enfield Town.
Following approval from the Department for Education (DfE), The Meadows School will be run by Search Education Trust, which will provide specialised education and tailored support to 96 children with complex needs aged from four to eleven years.
Search Education Trust, established in 2013, runs two existing special schools in Haringey borough. Heartlands High School in Wood Green and The Grove School in Tottenham are rated ‘good’ and ‘outstanding’ by education watchdog Ofsted, respectively. . . .
At around the same time, it was reported the council’s special educational needs and disabilities (Send) service was receiving 700 requests for education, health and care plans (EHCPs) every year, the highest number in London, after demand had doubled in just five years.
EHCPs are legal documents outlining how a child’s special needs should be handled by teachers. . . .
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