I worked with Special Needs kids some years ago when I was a Governer at a school in Melksham. Lovely kids but trying to integrate them back into mainstream classes was difficult (to say the least) for them, for the other kids in the class and I would say especially difficult for the teachers and helpers. To me this is institutional child abuse.
Wiltshire Council is holding public meetings to discuss proposals to close six specialist learning centres at primary schools for children with learning difficulties.
The centres are separate units in mainstream schools including Longleaze Primary School in Wootton Bassett and Malmesbury Primary School.
Wiltshire Council also plans to cut places at specialist centres that remain open resulting in a reduction from 306 places to 180, including 20 at Studley Green in Trowbridge and four at The Avenue Primary School in Warminster and King’s Park Primary School in Melksham. http://www.wiltshiretimes.co.uk/news/5063724.Public_meetings_to_be_held_over_special_needs_school_places/
