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‘Complete shift in thinking’ needed on education of disabled children, says ALLFIE

By John Pring on 10th July 2025 Category: Education

‘Complete shift in thinking’ needed on education of disabled children, says ALLFIE
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Inclusive education campaigners have called for a “complete shift in thinking” on how disabled children and young people are educated, just as the government faces public uproar over reforms to the special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) system. There were widespread […]

SEND inspections find services in just one in four areas usually lead to ‘positive’ outcomes for disabled children

By John Pring on 3rd July 2025 Category: Education

SEND inspections find services in just one in four areas usually lead to ‘positive’ outcomes for disabled children
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Only one in four inspections of local services for disabled children in England last year concluded that they usually lead to “positive experiences and outcomes” for those young people, the education regulator has announced. The findings from Ofsted showed that 28 […]

Disabled people’s organisations consider halting engagement with disability minister over ‘brutal cuts’

By John Pring on 3rd April 2025 Category: Activism and Campaigning

Disabled people’s organisations consider halting engagement with disability minister over ‘brutal cuts’
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Some of England’s leading disabled people’s organisations (DPOs) are considering halting all engagement with the minister for disabled people over the government’s “brutal cuts” to disability benefits. Disability News Service (DNS) has been told that members of the DPO Forum England […]

Online provider charges disabled students thousands more for same qualification in ‘blatant discrimination’

By John Pring on 27th March 2025 Category: Education

Online provider charges disabled students thousands more for same qualification in ‘blatant discrimination’
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An online education provider has been accused of “blatant discrimination” after charging disabled students thousands of pounds more a year than non-disabled students for the same qualifications. The Cambridge-based Online College of Art and Design (OCAD) describes itself as the UK’s […]

SEN improvements ‘could see tens of thousands more disabled children educated in mainstream schools’

By John Pring on 31st October 2024 Category: Education

SEN improvements ‘could see tens of thousands more disabled children educated in mainstream schools’
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Tens of thousands more disabled children could have their needs met in a mainstream setting rather than a special school, if there were major improvements to the special educational needs (SEN) system, a report published by the government has found. The […]

Ofsted’s plans to reform inspections ‘will continue to enable discrimination’

By John Pring on 5th September 2024 Category: Education

Ofsted’s plans to reform inspections ‘will continue to enable discrimination’
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Disabled campaigners have raised serious concerns about plans by the education watchdog to reform the way it inspects and assesses schools. Ofsted promised this week to place more “focus and scrutiny” on how schools in England meet the needs of disabled […]

Disabled activists pledge ‘no hiding place’ for Labour’s new government

By John Pring on 18th July 2024 Category: Activism and Campaigning

Disabled activists pledge ‘no hiding place’ for Labour’s new government
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Disabled activists have today “thrown the gauntlet down” to the new Labour government, as more than 100 protesters gathered opposite the House of Commons to call for action to address the damage caused by 14 years of Conservative rule. They demanded […]

Anger over government’s ‘gleeful’ announcement of yet more special schools

By John Pring on 16th May 2024 Category: Education

Anger over government’s ‘gleeful’ announcement of yet more special schools
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The government’s policy of opening more and more special schools is stripping funding from mainstream settings and handing it to profit-making bodies, disabled campaigners have warned. They said the government was allowing these organisations to make “huge profits” through the “institutionalisation […]

Black disabled pupils face systemic barriers and injustice at school, says new report

By John Pring on 25th April 2024 Category: Education

Black disabled pupils face systemic barriers and injustice at school, says new report
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A new report has shown how black disabled pupils in mainstream schools are exposed to “systemic and structural barriers and injustice”. It calls for disabled people’s organisations (DPOs) and racial justice movements to work together to amplify the voices of black […]

‘Game-changing’ £1.5 million will fuel ALLFIE’s fight for inclusive education

By John Pring on 21st December 2023 Category: Education

‘Game-changing’ £1.5 million will fuel ALLFIE’s fight for inclusive education
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A £1.5 million grant has helped secure the long-term future of the disabled people’s organisation (DPO) that leads the fight for inclusive education in the UK. The Alliance for Inclusive Education (ALLFIE) said the grant would be spread across the next […]

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