Over 1,300 people have signed a petition to prevent the closure of Southfield Primary Academy in Brackley, Northamptonshire. Concerns have been raised about the impact on children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND). Local MPs and councillors are campaigning against the decision.
More than 1,300 people have signed a petition to try to save a school that is set to close next year.
Kim Haynes, who has a child at the school, added: "An ideal solution might be to combine a smaller school and SEND provision for the area." Councillor Fiona Baker, cabinet member for children and education, told a Brackley Town Council meeting that different options to "save the school" were discussed, which included increasing the Send department, but none had been taken up.
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