Parents protest outside Department of Education over lack of special school places

Parents at a 24-hour sleep-out outside the Department of Education want to meet with Helen McEntee, the minister for education, about plans for their children who have not received offers of a school place. File photo: Brian Lawless/PA

Families who were promised school places for their children last year have been left without a place for another consecutive year, according to parents protesting outside the Department of Education.

At least 118 students who have additional needs are understood to have not received an offer of a school place in any school, whether it be mainstream, a special school, or an autism class.