Plans for new special education setting to avoid more children being sent out of county

West Northamptonshire Council is planning to create hundreds of new special education places in the next few years

By Natalie Bloomer

A lack of special education spaces in West Northamptonshire means pupils could be forced to stay in mainstream schools while others continue to be sent out of county.

A council cabinet report says:

• There is a clear and immediate risk that WNC will be unable to fulfil its statutory obligations of providing a sufficiency of SEND places in …