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Parent carers of young people with additional needs can help inform the development of a new service to help prepare and support young people with SEND, and their parent carers, for moving from children's to adult services.

Proposals for the future of Silverwood School including major investment to help meet the need for Special Educational Needs and/or Disability (SEND) places across its three sites will be discussed by council leaders in May.

Young people from across Wiltshire come together for a special Star Awards ceremony.

99% of Wiltshire families have been offered one of their three primary school preferences with 96% offered their first preference

This year, 6,206 children across the county registered for the Summer Reading Challenge that ran in Wiltshire Council Libraries for eight weeks over the summer. This was an increase of 39% on last year.

Young people with Special Educational Needs and/or Disabilities (SEND) from across Wiltshire checked out exciting options for the future at a special event last week.

A new hospital liaison service will help carers when those they care for are in hospital, and in the often-difficult first few weeks after they return home.

Wiltshire residents can now apply for primary and secondary school places for September 2023 entry, for children starting school for the first time or for children who are moving from a primary to secondary school or from an infant to junior school.

A total of 89 candidates from 21 schools and the local community are putting themselves forward

Wiltshire Council's preparation for the construction at Melksham Community Campus site early last year revealed archaeological evidence from as early as the Iron Age (700BC to AD43), found by Cotswold Archaeology.