What are the sorts of school a child with special needs can attend?

Most children with special needs can have their needs met in maintained mainstream schools. Maintained means they are funded by public money. Some secondary schools are selective, usually referred to as grammar schools, and there are children with special needs, including children with Statements of Special Educational Needs, who attend grammar schools. Children are admitted to these schools only if they are deemed suitable in terms of their ability and aptitude. In Kent, children sit the Kent test to determine their suitability for a grammar school place. There are also maintained special schools and specialist units in maintained mainstream schools and these admit only those children with Statements whose needs are very severe and complex.