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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Helen William

Schools need more specialist help for primary-age children with additional needs

PA Wire

Primary schools need more specialist help to deal with vulnerable children with additional needs as some are being left out of mainstream education for too long, Ofsted says.

The last five years has seen the number of primary school-age children who have been referred to alternative provision (AP) surge by a quarter to 7,000.

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