Plans to drastically scale back the number of children eligible for special needs school places in Kent have been described as ‘terrifying’ by worried families. While 9,000 children in the county are reportedly awaiting an autism assessment alone, Kent County Council has now revealed proposals to address what it says is an over-reliance on special school placements. Amid a £174 million deficit in SEND spending as of March, education chiefs have set out ideas to ‘redesignate’ some of the county’s special schools, which it says are full but ‘not necessarily with children who have the most comple…
