(UK) Shropshire Council calls for 30 new SPED places; headteacher 'very excited'

Oct 19, 2018, Newtown County Times: BISHOPS CASTLE: Special educational needs places plan for Bishops Castle Community College http://www.countytimes.co.uk/news/16994700.bishops-castle-special-educational-needs-places-plan-for-bishops-castle-community-college/ …Shropshire Council is hoping to create 30 places for secondary age learners with communication and interaction difficulties at the secondary school. It comes after the unitary authority reviewed its high needs provision and was awarded funding from the Department of Education to expand it. Reuben Thorley, headteacher of the community college, said: “I am very excited about the possibility of developing links and collaborations with the new specialist provision to further enhance and improve our own current practice. …