Bellfield Junior School: Special Educational Needs and Disabilities funding shortfall
After a year-long inquiry into Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (Send) provision for school children, the Education Committee has published a new report which warns that the system is characterised by confusion, strained resources, buck passing and even unlawful practice.
The World At One is following Bellfield Juniors, a primary school in a deprived area of Birmingham, through a full school year to see how it is coping with funding shortfalls.
Bellfield has a large number of children with Send, but as Emma Jane Kirby reports, inclusiveness can cost a school dearly.
(Photo: A poster of the reading wall at Bellfield School
Credit: Bellfield School)
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Balancing the budget for an inner city Junior School—World at One
How is one primary school dealing with the cuts in educational funding?
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