HC Deb 07 April 1955 vol 539 cc125-6W
37. Mr. Short

asked the Minister of Education whether he will discontinue the use of the word "special" in the official names of schools for handicapped children.

Mr. Vosper

The term "special school" is embodied in the Education Acts and there are advantages in its use in school attendance orders and similar documents of a formal character. But it need not be used in other correspondence or on school name boards.