Somerset County Council\ s Headquarters At County Hall In Taunton. CREDIT: Daniel Mumby. Free to use for all BBC wire partners. SOMERSET headteachers have clashed with the county council over possible cuts to special needs provision in schools. The council has been exploring ways to fund special needs provision through schools’ individual budgets, to make up for a shortfall in central government funding. Heads of secondary schools across the county have written to the council, claiming it is impossible to find £2.4M in savings without making redundancies, and stating their trust in the council is “at rock bottom”. Local MP Ian Liddell-Grainger has also called on the government to step in directly, branding director of children’s services Julian Wooster an “overpaid council overlord”.
Somerset headteachers outrage over special needs provision cuts
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Somerset headteachers outrage over special needs provision cuts
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