There is a looming crisis of growing special needs requirements and threatened council bankruptcies, according to a damning new report by MPs
Special Educational Needs
Councils are struggling to cope with a huge rise in demand while standards in reading, writing, and mathematics have either stagnated or fallen during the past decade
Private equity companies - many with connections to the Conservative Party - have been buying up large swathes of the public sector, including care homes, schools and GP surgeries. Special schools appear to be the latest hot property