Hereford and Worcester Education Service is considering plans to extend links between special and mainstream schools in the county. Margaret Davis, assistant educational officer (special services) said the council had received positive reactions about its ‘outreach’ scheme, which had been running for ten years.
Worcester and Hereford Evening News, June 8, 1996.

A new nursery school costing GBP200,000 is in the pipeline for up to 100 children with severe special needs and disabilities in the Westminster area. The planned conversion of an empty building in Paddington was announced at a meeting of Westminster Council’s education and leisure committee. The nursery project manager, Graham Ellis said: ‘Most children with medium difficulties are integrated into mainstream schools and we fully support that and parents’ choice but there is a small group of children who can’t be integrated’.
Westminster and Pimlico News, June 13, 1996.

Twenty families are chasing only three places at at a special unit for youngsters with language problems at Carden Infant School, Brighton. East Sussex special needs office, Peter Weston, said the council was setting up more units attached to schools for autistic youngsters. He said there had been a massive increase in special needs spending in the last five years, especially with more youngsters being diagnosed as having problems.
Brighton Evening Argus, June 24, 1996.

June Mitchell, of Parents in Partnership, says more people are choosing mainstream education for their disabled children. She said she felt PIP had contributed to the climate which gives people the confidence to opt for mainstream placements.
Barking and Dagenham Recorder, June 27, 1996.