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Staff at an academy school repeatedly forced autistic pupils as young as five into a tiny cupboard and then held the door shut after they had “meltdowns” in class, a school has admitted. Parents of three of the pupils are now […]
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 […]
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 […]