Petition · past parliament · Department for Education

Fund more specialist primary schools for physically disabled children

Closed 46 signatures

What the petition asks

Make funding available to increase the number of specialist educational settings for physically disabled primary school aged children. We are concerned that children who have physical needs can find it difficult to get a placement in a setting which can meet their needs.
We believe there are not enough support specialist schools to meet the needs of children physical difficulties. They have very few options of a specialist school due to the lack of them, which then makes the waiting list for a child to have a placement even longer. The child can miss out on the education they deserve due to schools being full to capacity.

Timeline

16 Nov 2023 Petition opened for signatures
16 May 2024 Closed to new signatures

Key facts

Signatures 46
Status Closed
Department Department for Education
Opened 16 Nov 2023
Closed 16 May 2024

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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.