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Dec 2020
Knaresborough mum: 'Funding cuts will harm my son's education'
A mother from Knaresborough fears children's education at a special needs school will suffer after eight teachers were made redundant.
Kay Heffron's son Anthony has been at Springwell Harrogate, formerly known as The Grove Academy, for almost two years.
Anthony's behavioural issues mean he works better in smaller class sizes with more one-to-one attention.
But eight members of staff are leaving at Christmas in the wake of budget cuts and class sizes will increase. It brings the total number of staff lost to 14 in the last two years.
Ms Heffron is worried about the impact of this on the education of her son and other pupils.
She said:
Ms Heffron’s daughter, Abbie, who has autism, also attended Springwell Harrogate for two years but now goes to another specialist school.
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The school came under the management of Wellspring Academy Trust in April 2020.
The trust has said changes to funding occurred before it took over and it has been restructuring. It added:
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