Carly Speechley, the authority’s executive director of children’s services, said: “Through investing in local mainstream and specialist provision and in maintaining an arrangement with a local provider, the new facility will enable the educational needs of this group of young children to be met closer to their home and families, making more effective use of available resources while helping secure better outcomes for pupils with SEND.”Based on current need and consultations for school places, the development of these places will also ensure that these children and young people are not placed in high-cost special school settings, including out of the borough.”Parents and carers of the pupils who have been identified as the first cohort to access the Hunningley Specialist Provision will be contacted in due course.
