Updated 8:35am 6 April 2012

Kirklees Council special needs changes ‘will help more children’

The following changes will take place in September:

Ashbrow Infants: Twelve permanent places for children with communication problems cut to six transitional positions.

Ashbrow Juniors: Twelve permanent places for children with communication problems reduced to six transitional positions.

Carlinghow Juniors: Sixteen places for children with physical disabilities scrapped.

Dalton School: Nine permanent places for children with visual impairments increased to 10 permanent positions and four provisional spots.

Flatts Nursery School: Six positions for children with developmental delay scrapped. Six transitional places introduced for children with communication problems.

Headlands Juniors: Six permanent places for children with Autistic Spectrum Disorder (ASD) replaced by six transitional positions.

Honley High: Twenty-five permanent places cut to 15 permanent positions and five transitional spaces for children with ASD.

Lowerhouses Juniors: Twelve permanent places for children with hearing problems replaced with 10 permanent and four transitional places. Six positions for children with developmental delay scrapped.

Moldgreen Primary: Nine permanent places for children with ASD replaced by 10 transitional positions.

Rawthorpe Juniors: Eight permanent places for children with physical disabilities replaced by eight transitional positions.

Rawthorpe Infants: Eight permanent places for children with physical disabilities replaced by eight transitional positions.

Netherhall Learning Campus High School: Twelve places for children with moderate learning difficulties scrapped.

Newsome High: Twelve permanent places for children with physical disabilities replaced with 10 permanent and two transitional positions.

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