Schools - additional support needs

It is our policy to educate children with additional support needs in local schools as far as possible, with advice and guidance from our psychological service.

Arrangements may be made to provide support through a specialist unit for some or all of your child’s education. However, where a learning difficulty or a physical impairment is particularly severe, it may be better for your child to be educated in a separate special day school or residential school.

In any event, decisions on how the additional support needs of your child might best be met will be taken only after full consultation with you.

Full information about special educational provision in your area can be obtained from your education office. You may also obtain information about other special schools not managed by the authority to which it sends pupils.