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 […]
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SEND inspections find services in just one in four areas usually lead to ‘positive’ outcomes for disabled children
SEN improvements ‘could see tens of thousands more disabled children educated in mainstream schools’
Ofsted’s plans to reform inspections ‘will continue to enable discrimination’
Greens’ manifesto offers rise in disability benefits, free personal care and cash for inclusive education
Anger over government’s ‘gleeful’ announcement of yet more special schools
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
‘Game-changing’ £1.5 million will fuel ALLFIE’s fight for inclusive education
Government’s SEND plan is ‘wholly insufficient’ and ‘an all-round failure’
The government’s new plans for improving education for disabled children and young people have been described as “wholly insufficient” and an “all-round failure” by disabled people’s organisations. Alongside the long-awaited improvement plan, ministers have announced another “tranche” of new special schools […]