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interview forms were completed by the Nursing Staff. The results of these investigations
have been sent to the Study's Senior Research Officer for analysis.
Handicapped Pupils
The various categories of handicapped pupils are defined by The School Health
Service and Handicapped Pupils Regulations, 1959, as follows:-
Blind Epileptic
Partially Sighted Maladjusted
Deaf Physically Handicapped
Partially Hearing Delicate
Educationally Subnormal Children suffering from Speech Defects
Section 34 of the Education Act, 1944, makes it a duty of the Local Education
Authority to ascertain what children in the area require special educational treatment
and to provide such treatment either in special school or, otherwise, by special
methods appropriate to the handicap of the particular child.
The Authority maintains three special schools for handicapped children.
Oak Lodge Day Special School for
Educationally Subnormal Pupils,
Oak Lane, East Finchley, N.2.
Northway Day Special School for
Educationally Subnormal Pupils,
The Fairway, Mill Hill, N.W.7.
Swaylands Residential Special School for
Educationally Subnormal Boys,
Penshurst, Tonbridge, Kent.
Children with handicaps in other categories are found placement by the Chief
Education Officer in special schools maintained by other authorities or independent
bodies.
Future provisions for special education in the Borough, as outlined in the Education
Development Plan, includes two Day Special Schools for Maladjusted Children and a
Day Special School for Delicate/Physically Handicapped Children. Also envisaged in
the plan is the provision of a Residential Special School for Maladjusted Boys by
means of future extensions to Swaylands School.
There appears to be a general shortage of Special School places in England and
Wales and the latest report of the Chief Medical Officer of the Department of Education
and Science shows that for every 6-7 children in Day Special Schools and every
2-3 children in Residential Special Schools there is one child still requiring to be
placed in that type ot school I am concerned that this Authority is now experiencing
difficulty in obtaining Da> Spec ial School placements for handicapped children,
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