The Children Left in Limbo Who Are Being Failed by Our Education System ; Pupils with Special Needs Cannot Get a School Place
Western Mail › October 27, 2008
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SOME of Wales' most vulnerable children are missing out on education because councils cannot find them a school place, a Western Mail investigation has found.
More than 200 children with special needs are not educated at school or in specialist units, according to Welsh Assembly Government statistics.See the full content of this document
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The Children Left in Limbo Who Are Being Failed by Our Education System ; Pupils with Special Needs Cannot Get a School Place
Many are being home educated because of parental choice or because this has been deemed the best option by experts.
However, a minority are left in limbo, spending their days at home because a school place cannot be found for them or because the council will not pay for full-time support for these children to attend school.The Western Mail has found up to 20 children with special needs who do not have a school to go to or who get just five hours of education each we...See the full content of this document
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