A young person with severe learning difficulties has been given a place at a specialist educational needs school after a county council U-turn.
Denny Black, four, of Hensingham was initially denied a place at Whitehaven’s Mayfield School and was faced with attending a mainstream school, despite having highly complex needs.
An ongoing Special Educational Needs and Disability provision crisis in West Cumbria means there is not enough funding to meet demand for the places needed.
Our readers were happy to hear the success story and shared their own struggles with autism provision in Cumbria.
His mum Karen said: “It’s not just about their education and that’s what I think a lot of people miss.