Special Educational Needs provision to be extended in Dorset
Children with SEND will be accommodated in hubs in mainstream schools as well as in existing special schools.
Children with SEND will be accommodated in hubs in mainstream schools as well as in existing special schools.
The Dorset Council scrutiny committee meeting took place in a confidential session at which issues concerning Coombe House School were discussed.
A Dorset child missed education for nearly two years and now Dorset Council is to make changes to its provision.
An online consultation runs until Wednesday 27 July enabling parents and carers to put forward their views on funding.
The STARs service has delivered 640 hours of support to 19 children who have siblings with special education needs.
Dorset Council has launched the Dorset Education Advice Line to help those who feel their child may have special educational needs.
Dorset Council has now given the green light to the plan for Beaucroft School to take over the former site of Wimborne First School.
Formerly called St Mary’s School, it has now been renamed Coombe House School and will offer places for children from across Dorset.
Bold plans have been approved by Dorset Council for a new SEND facility to be created at St Mary’s School in Shaftesbury, which was formerly a private school.
The two events will focus on providing jobs for people in the county with special educational needs and disabilities.