By
Alex Metcalfe
Stockton Council has drawn up a new strategy for children and young people in the borough who have special educational needs and disabilities. Picture: BRUCE MEWETT FROM PIXABAY
STOCKTON Council has set out a strategy for children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND).
The aim is to protect them from harm and make sure they are supported to be “the best they can be in life”, achieving their full potential and ambitions, while living as independently as possible.
The strategy includes a number of priorities, including ensuring that in most cases those in the SEND category have their needs met in local mainstream schools, but also developing and maintaining a range of high quality specialist provision for those that need it.