(UK) Swale to get new SPED school "specifically...for children with autism..."

Jan 17, 2019, Kent Online: Aspire School for children with special needs being built in Sittingbourne https://www.kentonline.co.uk/sittingbourne/news/free-school-plan-gets-green-light-197045/ A district's first free school which will cater specifically for children with special needs is on its way. Swale Borough Council has approved plans for the Aspire School to be built in Sittingbourne. It will specifically cater for children with autism or speech and language difficulties. The decision will be welcome news for many parents - in 2016, there were 316 children in Swale with an Education, Health and Care Plan, of whom many suffered from Autistic Spectrum Disorder, with the number expected to grow by 6% by 2020. … The school will educate four to 11-year-olds in classes as small as eight….