In its latest pupil number projections, the Department for Education indicated that it expects there to be an increase in special school places of 13,000 over the period 2017 to 2026, reflecting an upward trend in the special schools population of 29 per cent since 2007. (tes.com)
High Needs National Funding Formula will make it worse with lagged funding (Jan 17 census for 2018/19) for special school places at only # 4000 instead of the # 10k LAs have to pay. (schoolsweek.co.uk)
The Corby Free Special School will address the need for more special school places in Corby, where parents and their children often have to travel significant distances to access a suitable education. (gov.uk)