[Report 1946] / School Medical Officer, Northamptonshire County Council.

  • Northamptonshire (England). County Council.
Date:
1946
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Credit: [Report 1946] / School Medical Officer, Northamptonshire County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    suitable for delicate than for educationally sub-normal children because it lacks adequate playing space and facilities for practical subjects, and accordingly there may have been some preferenec for the admission of delicate pupils at the expense of the other category. Morewover, parents are willing to send their children to a special school as delicate pupils, but not infrequently are averse to allowing them to attend as educationally sub-normal pupils. The Education Acts, however, give ample powers to compel parents to allow their children to attend special schools in which they will receive the education best suited to their aptitude and ability. If, as is recommended by the Ministry, provision for 1% is to be made, a day special school of three classes, i.e., 60 places, will be required. A new school will thus need to be built in Kettering, but as an interim measure full use should be made of all the available places at Kingsley School for educationally sub-normal children. This will be possible only if the teaching staff is strengthened and additional facilities provided for teaching practical subjects. 16.—Similarly, the needs of the Wellingborough-Rushden area must be met by a new day special school of 60 places which should be built in Wellingborough. As previously stated, the elementary school population in this area is about 6,400, and to provide for 1% a school for 60 places is needed. 11.—The Day Special Schools of three classes (60 places) recommended above will require to admit all ages, although in practice there will be comparatively few children under 11 years of age. To admit all ages the Ministry would prefer that day special schools for educationally sub-normal pupils should be five classes, or if organised as junior or senior schools only, should have three classes. The proposals for two day special schools of three classes (60 places) for all age groups are, as in the case of the day- special schools for delicate children, a compromise, since schools having five classes are not thought necessary, and it is better to have schools which are not in strict accord with the policy of the Ministry as regards minimum number of classes than not to have any schools at all. 18.—Boarding special schools are required for certain types of educationally sub-normal children ; namely. Court .cases.