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Investing in Croydon’s special educational needs
Two Croydon schools this month
celebrated the official opening of specialist
facilities built by the council to cater for
children with disabilities or special medical
conditions.
Chipstead Valley Primary and
Woodcote High School, between them,
benefited from £1.56m of improvements over
the summer. They are among five of the
borough's schools to see recent investment
in new spaces designed specifically for
children with a variety of special needs.
Edenham High School has opened a
centre to help pupils with speech, language,
and communication problems, and
Kensington Avenue Primary can now cater
for children with ASD. Fairchildes Primary's
facilities allow it to provide for children with a
range of needs, including those of pupils with
moderate learning difficulties.
The council is spending money to
make sure local children are able to attend
nearby schools rather than having to travel
further afield to find others that meet their
individual requirements. The project also
allows pupils with special needs to integrate
into the mainstream education system.
Those schools chosen for investment
have achieved good Ofsted results and
have a strong track record on inclusion.
They are also selected on the basis
they work together to help children make a
smooth transition from primary to nearby
secondary schools.
‘…new spaces
designed specifically
for children with a
variety of special
needs.’