Election 2017: Special needs education
In recent years there has been a rise in the number of children going to special schools so much so that councils In England are now spending hundreds of millions of pounds every year buying places in private special schools. Sanchia Berg spoke to Sharon Ryan and Chris Woolhouse whose daughter, Zoe, had been in a special needs school with very little resources to help her develop and overcome her severe anxiety. Dr Adam Boddison, chief executive of the National Association of Special Educational Needs (Nasen) said that teachers at special needs schools should be offered support to develop high quality teaching so that pupils may be given good "preparation for life". (Image: Sharon Ryan, Zoe Woolhouse and Chris Woolhouse. Credit: BBC)