(UK) Norfolk: Council adds 16 new autism places; part of $170M SPED spending plan

June 13, 2021, Eastern Daily Press: Build of new school building could see more places for SEND children https://www.edp24.co.uk/news/education/plans-for-new-classroom-block-at-drake-primary-8053910 (E. coast of England)

The build of a new classroom block could see more places for children with special education needs (SEND) at a town’s primary school. Plans have been lodged with Norfolk County Council for internal alterations and the build of a new stand-alone building at Drake Primary School in Thetford. If approved, work inside of the school will create 16 places at its Autistic Spectrum Disorder (ASD), Specialise Resource Base (SRB) unit, which will include a sensory room. ... In 2018, Norfolk County Council announced it was to invest £120m [$170M U.S.]in specialist school places and services, with up to four new special schools and 170 places in specialist bases at mainstream schools. ... In Thetford so far, 16 school places - at SRB units - were also made available at Redcastle Family School and 20 places at Thetford Academy....