Councils to get £3bn for thousands more school spaces for Send pupils Summary The government has promised to create 50,000 more places for children with special educational needs (Send) in mainstream schools in England. Other Related Coverage £3bn announced to create ‘tens of thousands’ of school places for Send pupils | Independent Labour to create up to 60,000 spaces for children with Send in English schools | The Guardian Labour cancels free schools to build special needs classrooms | The Telegraph Free school projects in England to be scrapped to fund special needs education | Financial Times Government unveils £3bn investment to expand school places for children with Send | ITV News New free schools announced by the Tories to be junked by ministers - including one being set up by Eton | Daily Mail
