My son attends a special needs school and it is lovely. There are about 30 staff including admin dinner ladies and part time classroom assistants and one to one workers and about 33 kids and its like a large family everyone knows everyone and its a happy vibriant place. Sometimes it is a little sad to see some kids with such profound disabilities though, im fortunate in that my son's needs are purely learning disability and autism he is physically healthy as an ox - although thats a challenge for the staff too as he loves to run off given the slightest chane and has absolutley no sense of danger or "being lost" . I can honestly say though he wouldnt have made the progress he has without thier teaching , patience and most of all thier love. Its a very special teacher who can help those children like my son.