Feb 15, 2025, Lancs Live: More than 250 special needs pupil places to be created in Lancashire
NW England
More than 250 extra places for children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) are to be created in Lancashire. Six existing local authority special schools will be expanded – two in Preston and others in Lancaster, Carnforth, Poulton-le-Fylde and Skelmersdale.
Meanwhile, eight mainstream schools, two in each of Leyland and Morecambe, as well as sites in Preston, Fleetwood, Thornton-Cleveleys and Skelmersdale – will see SEND units established within their existing facilities. The £11.6m [$14.7M] project is the latest phase of a Lancashire County Council strategy to ensure more SEND youngsters are educated closer to where they live – and to reduce spiralling bills for home-to-school transport, as well as the cost of placing children in privately-run special schools.
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