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Inquiry ‘lifts lid on can of worms’ that exposed RNIB service-users to harm and distress

By John Pring on 25th June 2020 Category: Activism and Campaigning

Inquiry ‘lifts lid on can of worms’ that exposed RNIB service-users to harm and distress
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“Comprehensive failings” within one of the largest and best-known disability charities placed service-users at undue risk of harm and exposed some disabled children with high support needs to actual harm and distress, the charity regulator has concluded. Royal National Institute of […]

Schools are failing legal duties on accessibility plans, says report

By John Pring on 23rd January 2020 Category: Education

Schools are failing legal duties on accessibility plans, says report
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Secondary schools across England are breaching their legal duty to publish plans showing how they will improve access for disabled pupils, according to new research published today (Thursday). The research, carried out on behalf of The Alliance for Inclusive Education (ALLFIE), […]

Staff forced autistic pupils into tiny cupboard after ‘meltdowns’, school admits

By John Pring on 14th November 2019 Category: Education

Staff forced autistic pupils into tiny cupboard after ‘meltdowns’, school admits
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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 […]

Ofsted report ‘shows government is ignoring alarm bells on inclusive education’

By John Pring on 14th December 2017 Category: Education

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 […]

Traumatised disabled teacher says council allowed bullying to continue

By John Pring on 21st April 2016 Category: Education

Traumatised disabled teacher says council allowed bullying to continue
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A maths teacher who was told by managers after she became disabled that if she had been a horse she would have been “taken out and shot” has spoken of a campaign of bullying and harassment that left her traumatised and […]

Primary school’s exclusion of disabled pupils ‘an utter disgrace’

By John Pring on 7th April 2016 Category: Education

Primary school’s exclusion of disabled pupils ‘an utter disgrace’
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The government is refusing to act over claims that a primary school excluded up to 30 pupils – many of them disabled – to smooth its path to becoming a self-governing “academy”.  Nonsuch primary in Birmingham moved from local authority control […]

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