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Connor Lynch

SEN children 'have school places withdrawn' as emergency meeting called at Stormont

Children with special needs who are still waiting for a place in school or nursery next year had offers "retracted by the Education Authority".

It comes as an emergency meeting of all political parties has been called by South Belfast MLA Kate Nicholl in order to try and find a solution to the issues facing families as over 800 children are still without a place in primary school or nursery.

Concerned parents Curtis Coates and Robyn Stevenson said that they have been "left in tears" as a result of not being able to secure a place in nursery for their son Lucas next year who has significant complex needs and says their son received an offer from a school only to be told the Education Authority couldn't guarantee the place.

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