Education

March 9, 2017

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

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

Education

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

Education

December 1, 2016

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Campaign calls on supporters to tell ministers: ‘Educate, don’t segregate’

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A new campaign is calling on disabled people and their allies to show their opposition to “deeply flawed” and “discriminatory” government plans to increase provision of grammar schools in England. The Alliance for Inclusive Education (ALLFIE) is hoping that its Educate Don’t Segregate campaign will highlight how expanding selective education will lead to a

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Mabel Cooper being interviewed in the film

November 24, 2016

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New web resource brings eugenicist history of long-stay hospitals to life

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Campaigners hope that a new website will educate children – and their teachers – about the “eugenicist agitation” that led to tens of thousands of people with learning difficulties being incarcerated for life throughout much of the twentieth century. The new educational resource* is built around the film No Longer Shut Up (pictured), which tells

Education

September 15, 2016

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Grammar school plans ‘ignore impact on disabled pupils’

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The government failed to take any account of the impact on disabled pupils of its “discriminatory” plans to expand grammar schools in England, say campaigners. A government consultation paper published this week, Schools That Work For Everyone, includes plans to remove the ban on opening new grammar schools in England. But there is not

Education

September 8, 2016

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UN’s ‘fantastic’ inclusive education guidance is ‘embarrassment’ for UK government

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Strict new guidance published by the United Nations has increased pressure on the UK government to abandon its opposition to an inclusive education system, say campaigners. The guidance, published by the committee on the rights of persons with disabilities (CRPD), makes it clear that all segregated education should end, and be replaced by “inclusive

Education

June 9, 2016

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Concerns over watchdog’s ‘alarming’ inspection cancellation figures

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Disabled campaigners and politicians have raised serious concerns about the social care inspection regime, after last week’s revelations that the number of cancellations and postponements rose by more than 360 per cent in just one year. The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has so far refused to say why the number of inspections of adult

Education

June 9, 2016

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SEN stats ‘suggest many councils are struggling with funding’

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New official figures highlight grave concerns about the impact of the government’s special educational needs and disability (SEND) reforms on disabled children, according to a leading campaigner. The figures show that some local authorities are lagging far behind others in implementing the government’s reforms. Under the reforms, which came into effect in September 2014,

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Youcef Bey-Zekkoub with his son Adam on his lap

May 26, 2016

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School admissions process ‘discriminates against disabled parents’

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A disabled parent has accused his local authority of discriminating against him by refusing to take his access needs into account when deciding which primary school his son can attend in September. Youcef Bey-Zekkoub believes the school admissions process discriminates against him and other disabled parents because although it pays some attention to the

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