inclusive education

Education

Michelle Daley speaking into a microphone as someone holds up a large piece of paper in front of her

August 16, 2018 0

Legal ruling secures new protection for autistic pupils

Thousands of disabled children have won new protection from being unfairly excluded from school after a judge ruled that the government’s equality laws were unlawful. The upper tribunal ruled last week that a 13-year-old pupil, known as “L” for legal reasons, should not have been excluded from his school because his behaviour was linked

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Simone Aspis with her arm around Michelle Daley

July 26, 2018 0

Global Disability Summit: Anger over Mordaunt’s bid to redefine inclusive education

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International development secretary Penny Mordaunt has been labelled a hypocrite and an embarrassment after attempting to redefine inclusive education at the international disability summit she was hosting in east London. Penny Mordaunt’s government was already facing criticism from across the UK disabled people’s movement for its “blatant attempt to divert attention from its own

Education

July 5, 2018 0

Autistic teen’s legal fight over ‘physical abuse’ school exclusion

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A legal case being heard this week highlights how disabled children who can be physically aggressive because of their impairment are currently being failed by equality laws, say inclusive education campaigners. The upper tribunal this week heard the appeal brought by the parents of a 13-year-old disabled boy, known as L, who was excluded

Education

May 3, 2018 0

Flood’s foreign travels will collect evidence to push government on inclusion

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A leading disabled activist is to travel to two of the countries with the best track records in the world on inclusive education in search of evidence to convince UK politicians and civil servants to “rebuild aspiration” for inclusion in mainstream schools. Tara Flood, director of The Alliance for Inclusive Education, is hoping to

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

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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

Education

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

Politics

Marsha de Cordova, smiling, in front of a river, wearing a Labour rosette and holding a railing

September 28, 2017 0

Labour conference: New disabled MP pledges to fight government’s assault on rights

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A newly-elected MP has accused the government of putting its “head in the sand” over the damage caused by years of cuts that have been “targeted” on disabled people. Marsha de Cordova, one of two newly-elected disabled Labour MPs, says she believes the government would never have targeted other groups in the way it

Politics

July 20, 2017 0

Disabled MP credits mainstream education for new parliamentary career

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A newly-elected disabled MP has said that she would never have been elected to parliament if her mother had not fought for her right to a mainstream education. Marsha de Cordova used part of her maiden speech to other MPs – during a debate on the scheduling of parliamentary business – to highlight the

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Jonathan Bartley and Caroline Lucas, both smiling

May 25, 2017 0

Election 2017: Greens call for inclusive education, and accessible homes and transport

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The Green party has called in its general election manifesto for moves towards an inclusive education system, as well as pledging universal free social care, significantly more accessible homes and a fully accessible transport system. The manifesto proposes moves towards a universal basic income, a benefit system in which everyone in the country –

Education

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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