Parents of kids with special needs ‘having to give teachers top-up cash to secure summer programme places’

Vanessa Murphy on difficulty getting her son Adam into a special needs summer school program

Ellen Coyne

Parents of children with additional needs are reporting having to pay teachers in cash in order to secure a summer provision space.

Some children have lost out on a place in a crucial July provision scheme, due to a lack of teachers available to take on the extra work.