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Special Needs Schools

The challenge of finding the right education for children with special needs.

If you're the parent of a child with special needs, you'll know how crucial it is to get your child into the right school.

Last month Iain Lee broke the story of Penn school, a special school in Buckinghamshire, which is set to close.

It's left parents struggling to find the right kind of alternative.

This week we discuss the challenges of finding the right school and hear from a parent, a schools and a council about the pressures they face.

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Sun 16 Aug 201513:00
BBC Three Counties Radio

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Useful Contacts

http://www.kidsinaction.org.uk/ - Dunstable based charity providing activities for children with special needs. Tel: 01582 477762

http://www.thepacecentre.org/ - Aylesbury based charity supporting children with Cerebral Palsey - 01296 614287

www.nasen.org.uk - supporting those who work with or care for children and young people with special and additional educational needs and disabilities - Tel: 01827 311500

http://www.specialneedsuk.org/ - web site with information about special needs facilities across the country.

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  • Sun 16 Aug 201513:00
    BBC Three Counties Radio