Figures obtained by Children Now show that the percentage of pupils withspecial educational needs has dropped dramatically at two of the mostsuccessful academies, when compared with the "failing" schools theyreplaced.
The Walsall Academy registers the biggest drop with the total percentageof children with special educational needs plummeting from 41 per centto eight per cent. The City Academy Bristol has seen the percentage ofchildren with special educational needs fall from 46 per cent to 28 percent.
The findings come less than a week after the Government heaped praise onboth academies for improving GCSE results. The figures were seized uponby the Special Educational Needs Consortium, which represents the majordisability organisations.
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