Ms Helen Walsh:

There is considerable confusion in the sector in relation to this. The two posts that are generally allocated to a special class will remain within that special class. The review - and I am not talking about deployment because a lot of the conversations today have been between the allocation model and how SNAs are deployed - but in terms of the review mechanism, the review will come to look at all of the students. Those two posts will stay where they are within the special class but the entire school will be reviewed in relation to its additional needs. A school may have children outside the special class who have significant needs and who require support. The deployment of those supports is then therefore up to the school's principal. There is no change to that but the review keeps those special class posts separate from the overall allocation of care needs. That includes children, I am sorry-----