Education

Robert Halfon talking to Sebastian Payne behind a table

April 19, 2018 0

‘Deep concern’ as launch of MPs’ inquiry into SEN support ignores inclusive education

Campaigners are “deeply concerned” that the launch of a new parliamentary inquiry into the educational support provided for disabled children and young people failed to mention inclusive education. The inquiry by the Commons education select committee will investigate the impact of major reforms to the special educational needs and disability (SEND) system that were

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January 11, 2018 0

Campaigners welcome resignation of ‘progressive eugenics’ journalist

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Campaigners have welcomed the decision of a controversial right-wing writer and free schools advocate to resign from the board of the government’s new higher education watchdog, and say he should never have been appointed. Toby Young’s resignation came just hours after disabled Tory MP Robert Halfon called on his own government to reverse its

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January 4, 2018 0

Anger after writer with ‘insulting’ views on inclusive education is appointed to watchdog

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The government has sparked shock and anger after appointing a controversial right-wing writer and free schools advocate – who made “insulting” and “extremist” comments about inclusive education and eugenics – to the board of its new higher education watchdog. The Department for Education (DfE) announced this week that Toby Young (pictured) was one of

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An overhead view of the delegates in the chamber in Geneva

December 14, 2017 0

Ofsted report ‘shows government is ignoring alarm bells on inclusive education’

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Some parents are being asked to educate their disabled children at home because their schools claim they cannot meet their needs, the education watchdog’s annual report has warned. Ofsted’s chief inspector, Amanda Spielman, said in her report that the proportion of disabled children needing support who had been excluded from their schools was “typically

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August 10, 2017 0

Ministers ‘failed to consider impact of rules that would cut university access’

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Ministers have effectively admitted introducing a policy that will prevent many disabled students from entering higher education, without knowing how much money it would save or how many young disabled people would be affected. The admission came in response to a freedom of information (FoI) request that sought to clarify the potential impact of

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Lord Addington speaking in the House of Lords

August 3, 2017 0

Universal credit rules ‘could bar many disabled students from university’

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Many disabled students could effectively be barred from higher education because of the introduction of the government’s new universal credit, according to MPs and peers who have written to the minister for employment. The seven MPs and peers, all members of the all-party parliamentary group for disability, have joined the new chief executive of

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April 6, 2017

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Inclusive education campaigners blame ‘ideological shift’ for rise in segregation

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Campaigners have blamed funding cuts and an “ideological shift” for a sharp rise in the proportion of disabled children being educated in special schools over the last four years. Figures from the Local Government Association (LGA) show the proportion of pupils with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) who attend a special school in

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March 9, 2017

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Spring budget: New free schools funding ‘shows utter disregard for human rights’

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New funding for free schools worth hundreds of millions of pounds shows the government has an “utter disregard” for the human rights of disabled children and young people, say campaigners. Yesterday’s budget saw the government announce £320 million in funding to set up 140 new free schools. Many of them are likely to be

Education

February 9, 2017

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DfE finally admits: ‘We didn’t assess equality impact of grammar school expansion’

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The government has finally admitted that it failed to assess the impact on disabled children and young people of its “discriminatory” plans to expand grammar schools in England. The Department for Education (DfE) has previously refused to say if it carried out an equality impact assessment (EIA) on its consultation paper, Schools That Work

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January 26, 2017

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Minister warned over rights after launching residential special school review

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Continuing to fund residential special schools is a breach of the human rights of disabled young people, campaigners have warned the government after it launched a review of provision. The Department for Education (DfE) this week launched an independent review to examine the “outcomes and experiences” of children and young people attending residential special

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