Oct 5, 2024, BBC News: More school places for SEND children
SE England
About 260 specialist school places for children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) have been opened for the start of the 2024 school year, a council has announced.
Surrey County Council said the extra places were due to the completion of multiple construction projects across the county.
Six Surrey MPs had raised concerns in August that the county's provision for children with additional needs was in "crisis".
Council leader Tim Oliver said at the time the council was “working hard” to make sure children got the support they needed. . . .
It would mean an additional 250 school places for September 2025, according to the council.
SEND places in Surrey's state education system have increased by 35% from around 3,320 places in 2019 to around 4,500 places this year, it said.
The authority added that it was investing £260m [$340M] from 2019 to 2028 in SEND and alternative provision programmes.
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