During UK Disability History Month (UKDHM) CSIE run the “30 ways in 30 days” social media campaign. Each day we shared an example of how [...]

Last week CSIE received the gift of a free Zoom licence and webinar licence from Schools OUT UK, who had themselves received a [...]

UK Disability History Month (UKDHM) is an annual event creating a platform to focus on the history of disabled people’s struggle for equality and [...]

CSIE has been a partner in the IMAS II project (IMproving ASsistance in inclusive educational settings II) and the original IMAS project before [...]

CSIE has responded to the Department for Education’s consultation on Changes to the School Admissions Code. CSIE’s main response to this consultation was [...]

We are delighted to announce that nasen has commissioned CSIE to write a new equality guide for Early Years, to complement nasen’s existing miniguide series. The [...]

The government has announced that more than 3,000 thousand places will be created in 37 new special free schools to be opened throughout England. CSIE [...]

All is well that ends well! As CSIE approached its 38th birthday, the situation was looking rather gloomy. As we have mentioned in [...]

On this day CSIE celebrates 38 years of remarkable achievements! Founded on 28 June 1982 as the Centre for Studies on Integration in [...]

We are delighted to welcome Ruth Thornton to the CSIE team! Ruth has joined us as a Research and Project Assistant for a [...]

The good news is that CSIE staff and trustees are well, safe, and staying as positive as possible. In one sense it is [...]

We have been delighted to hear that our earlier project on IMproving ASsistance in Inclusive Educational Settings (IMAS) has been selected as a “success story” [...]

Four years after receiving an Innovative Practice Award for our equality toolkit for schools, CSIE was honoured to be invited back to the next Zero Project [...]

CSIE was honoured to be invited on to Voice of Islam, a national radio station, to discuss a recent rise in exclusions for [...]

Many thanks to all who came to yesterday’s free screening of Intelligent Lives, the latest film by award-winning filmmaker Dan Habib, and joined [...]

CSIE continues to be involved in the IMAS II project (IMproving ASsistance in inclusive educational settings II). Last week project partners met in Varna, Bulgaria, [...]

We are delighted to announce that this year CSIE will be marking UK Disability History Month with two free screenings of the film [...]

CSIE has been reporting, since the 1980s, school placement trends of all local authorities in England (i.e. the proportion of children sent by [...]

On this day CSIE celebrates 37 years of remarkable achievements! Founded on 28 June 1982 as the Centre for Studies on Integration in [...]

The report is now available from a small-scale study commissioned by the Widening Participation Research Group of the University of Bristol. The study set out [...]

CSIE’s contribution to the IMAS II project (IMproving ASsistance in inclusive educational settings II), took us to Portugal last week. Project partners met in Coimbra [...]

The Office for Standards in Education (Ofsted) has had an open consultation, inviting feedback on its proposed new inspection framework “Education inspection framework 2019: inspecting [...]

CSIE’s director Artemi Sakellariadis attended a Reception at Windsor Castle yesterday, 2 April, celebrating 100 years of the National Council for Voluntary Organisations [...]

CSIE has been working with researchers at the University of Exeter to explore school placement trends (i.e. the proportion of children placed in [...]

Following the success of the IMAS project on IMproving ASsistance in inclusive educational settings, a follow-up project IMAS II (2018-1-AT01-KA202-039302) has also secured funding from the Erasmus+ [...]

This October marks 30 years of Black History Month UK, an opportunity to acknowledge and celebrate people and events paving the way for [...]

On this day CSIE celebrates 36 years of remarkable achievements! Founded on 28 June 1982 as the Centre for Studies on Integration in [...]

CSIE has responded to the Education Committee’s inquiry into special educational needs and disabilities. In its response, CSIE provided details of the multiple agencies [...]

In a once-in-a-lifetime sale, we are offering up to 90% off our resources, for a limited period only and while stocks last. We [...]

We are delighted to announce that CSIE has received funding from the National Lottery Awards for All programme to set up an online [...]

CSIE is proud to have been the UK partner for the Beit Project since 2016 and to have contributed to recent talks about the continuation [...]

CSIE is honoured to have been invited to become a strategic partner of the Essex & Thames Primary SCITT and looks forward to a long [...]

CSIE is delighted to hear that our award-winning guide Equality: Making It Happen – A guide to help schools ensure everyone is safe, included and [...]

CSIE is delighted to have been awarded a grant from the Goodall Foundation to support our work promoting equality in schools in Brighton [...]

During LGBT History Month, we are available to carry out equality surveys in primary and secondary schools, providing each school with clear information [...]

The European project on IMproving ASsistance in inclusive educational settings (IMAS) comes to an end today, 30 November. Project partners met in Brussels [...]

The UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities has produced a damning report, following its recent Review of the UK government’s [...]

CSIE’s contribution to the IMAS project (IMproving ASsistance in inclusive educational settings), took us back to Gleisdorf, in Austria, last week. Project partners, [...]

Founded on 28 June 1982 as the Centre for Studies on Integration in Education, CSIE took on its current name in the 1990s. [...]

CSIE is honoured to have been invited to contribute to the Beit Project, a European project promoting social cohesion. The project was launched [...]

CSIE is delighted to have been awarded a grant from the University of Bristol to research current experiences of disabled students, in collaboration [...]

CSIE’s contribution to the IMAS project (IMproving ASsistance in inclusive educational settings), took us to Senec, Slovakia, last week. Project partners met on 2 and [...]

Another series of CSIE’s popular disability awareness workshops took place last week, on Wednesday 23 November, for all S3 students in Turnbull High School in [...]

CSIE is proud to have been invited to contribute to a new European project on Improving Assistance in Inclusive Educational Settings (IMAS), which [...]

The UK government ratified the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in 2009 and, at the same time, issued this interpretive declaration [...]

The UK government ratified the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child in 1991. Twenty-five years on, the Committee which monitors implementation [...]

Another series of CSIE’s popular disability awareness workshops took place earlier this week, on Tuesday 5 July, for all students in Cherry Willingham Community School [...]

Founded on 28 June 1982 as the Centre for Studies on Integration in Education, CSIE took on its current name in the 1990s. [...]

A one-day conference will be held in London on Wednesday 29 June, 10 am – 4 pm, at the Resource for London, 356 Holloway Rd, [...]

The Department for Education published a White Paper entitled Educational Excellence Everywhere yesterday, 17 March, announcing the educational reforms it intends to carry out over [...]

CSIE is delighted to have received an Innovative Practice Award 2016 from the Zero Project, for a world with zero barriers, for our work [...]

CSIE has responded to the Education Committee’s inquiry into the purpose and quality of education in England. The call for submissions included a [...]

CSIE’s popular disability awareness workshops, recently adapted for younger pupils, took place in Walker Road Primary School in Aberdeen on Friday 15 January. A [...]

Another series of CSIE’s popular disability awareness workshops took place earlier this week, on Monday 14 December, for students in years 7, 8 and 9 [...]

CSIE has been delighted to hear that Equality: Making It Happen has been shortlisted for the European “Zero Project” award (working for a world with [...]

Following a strong and constructive partnership with Teachers’ Union NASUWT during the pilot phase of this project, we are delighted to share the news that NASUWT have [...]

CSIE mourns the sad loss of Gerv Leyden, tireless supporter of inclusive education and CSIE Trustee since 2007. For most of his professional [...]

CSIE’s successful workshops were recently delivered in schools in Kent and Sunderland. Pupils aged 13-16 took part in disability awareness workshops, engaging in conversation and [...]

CSIE turns 33 today and has many reasons to celebrate! Founded on 28 June 1982 as the Centre for Studies on Integration in [...]

CSIE has been honoured to be invited to deliver keynote presentations in two conferences in Prague, one for school staff and parents, the [...]

Following a successful crowdfunding campaign, CSIE is offering two free workshops on equality: in Bristol on 25 June and Manchester on 26 June. [...]

This is a significant moment in CSIE’s life and we are calling on all our friends and allies to help us continue the [...]

Last week CSIE delivered disability awareness workshops to pupils, with ages ranging from 11 to 16, in schools in Oxford and Glasgow. In each group [...]

The pilot edition of Equality: Making It Happen is now available from CSIE. The materials have been developed in close collaboration with five primary and [...]

We are very excited as we prepare to launch the pilot edition of “Equality: Making It Happen”, a practical and accessible guide for [...]

The Department for Education has sought views on new performance descriptors for statutory teacher assessment at the end of key stages 1 and 2, which [...]

The National Union of Teachers (NUT) published in September its Manifesto for the 2015 general election.“Stand Up for Education” makes a compelling case [...]

The first of two special issues of Race Equality Teaching has now been published, moving beyond race equality and covering the full equalities agenda in [...]

The new Children and Families Act has introduced wide-ranging reforms in the education of disabled children or those identified as having special educational [...]

Setting a consultation period of only three weeks including Easter break and May Bank Holiday (total just 12 working days) the Department for [...]

CSIE has been working with researchers at Exeter University to explore school placement trends (i.e. the proportion of children placed in special schools or other [...]

CSIE has worked in collaboration with Nottingham University and Graphic Inclusion, to produce a new resource which is free to view and download. This is [...]

As part of the passage of the Children and Families Bill through Parliament, the Department for Education (DfE) has been consulting on the draft Code [...]

We are delighted to announce plans to offer a new resource pack to schools. In the first instance this will focus on better [...]

Disabled children & young people who live in poverty are being denied their basic rights, says a new report from the office of [...]

At a conference in Sofia today, 14 October, we witnessed Bulgarian schools' resounding endorsement of the CSIE resource "Index for inclusion: developing learning [...]

Last Friday, 6 September, the Government Equalities Office (GEO) published its report on the recent review of the Public Sector Equality Duty. The Public Sector [...]

The report stage and third reading of the Children and Families Bill took place last Tuesday, 11 June, and the Bill received its first reading [...]

The Office of the Children’s Commissioner published yesterday, 24 April, its year 2 report on illegal exclusions. "Always Someone Else's Problem" details the [...]

About the workshop: Do all pupils and staff feel welcome, visible and respected in your school? Do lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) [...]

The Home Office has called for a review of the public sector equality duty (PSED), as part of the Red Tape Challenge spotlight [...]

Last week the Department for Education published an Indicative Draft of a new Special Educational Needs Code of Practice, intended to support the passage of [...]

The government is pushing forward with plans to change the law on the education of disabled children or those said to have special [...]

The long-awaited Children and Families Bill received its first reading at the House of Commons last Tuesday, 5 February. The Bill re-introduces clauses from the [...]

We were honoured to have been invited to host a two-week study visit from a delegation from India, wishing to develop more inclusive [...]

A new report by the Academies Commission published today, 10 January, says academies use covert selection methods to skew their intake. Unleashing Greatness: Getting [...]

Last September the Department for Education had published the draft provisions that will form the basis for the Children and Families Bill, expected to be [...]

The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) has published new guidance for schools on the Equality Duty. This new guide illustrates how the Equality Duty [...]

We have launched a super-brief online survey (it really only takes a few minutes to complete) into parental experiences of choosing a school for a [...]

Please help us create “Give me a chance!”, a new resource to help schools better include disabled children. Donate online from 10 am on 6, [...]

In September 2011 the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) had published "Hidden in plain sight: Inquiry into disability-related harassment”. The report had [...]

The Department for Education has published the draft provisions that will form the basis for the Children and Families Bill, expected to be introduced into [...]

Stonewall, Britain’s lesbian, gay and bisexual charity, have recently published The School Report, a follow up report into the extent and effects of homophobia [...]

In September 2011 the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) had published “Hidden in plain sight: Inquiry into disability-related harassment”. The report had [...]

On Monday 9th July 2012 CSIE were proud to help celebrate the achievements of thirty LGBT young people. Since last September, we have [...]

CSIE was set up on 28 June 1982 and earlier this week we celebrated our 30th birthday! To mark the occasion, we held [...]

CSIE was set up in June 1982 and next week we celebrate our 30th birthday! To mark the occasion, we will be having [...]

A new report by Ofsted, entitled No place for bullying and released on Tuesday 19 June, exposes worrying levels of bullying in schools, particularly for [...]

Recent reports suggest that many academies are refusing to admit children who have statements of special educational needs and that such decisions may [...]

Much later than originally expected, and almost a year after the consultation on the Green Paper closed, on 15 May the Department for Education published Support [...]

The Labour Party has sought the views of parents, young people and education practitioners on how to improve educational outcomes for disabled children [...]

The Office of the Children’s Commissioner published its findings from the School Exclusions Inquiry today (Monday, 19 March). The report, entitled “They never [...]

Around 200 delegates from 18 countries took part in the four-day conference “North South Dialogue IV– Implementing Tools of Change for Inclusion”. The [...]

The CSIE publication "Index for Inclusion: developing learning and participation in schools” (Booth and Ainscow 2011, 3rd edition) has recently been translated into [...]

CSIE is working with Bath Spa University's Centre for Education Policy in Practice on a project with secondary schools in Wiltshire to help [...]

The Alliance for Inclusive Education has secured cross party support for an Early Day Motion (EDM) on Inclusive Education. EDM 2481, celebrating 30 years of [...]

CSIE delivered a bespoke training session to staff at the University of the West of England around delivery and implementation of their transgender [...]

CSIE is looking to replace our much-loved but seriously old and extortionately heavy display board pictured here at the nasen-live event last May. [...]

Are you interested in working as a fundraiser for CSIE? We are looking for someone with a good track record in charity fundraising [...]

Ofsted has launched Parent View today, 20 October. This is a new website for parents to tell Ofsted their views about their child’s school, if [...]

A new campaign has recently been launched in Northern Ireland, calling for an end to the division between Catholic and Protestant schools. The [...]

A report published today, 12 September, by the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) reveals systemic institutional failure to tackle harassment of disabled [...]

A report published today, 10 September, by the Centre for Social Justice (CSJ) has warned that some schools are breaking the law in [...]

The August edition of e-Include is now available. This is the monthly e-Journal of Inclusion Europe, covering news and information related to intellectual [...]

UK Disability History Month (UKDHM) runs from 22 November to 22 December. This year’s theme will be “Celebrating Our Struggle for Equality”. A [...]

The Commission on a Bill of Rights, an independent Commission established by the Government in March of this year, has launched a discussion [...]

The Equalities and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) has launched a new online resource to help public sector bodies meet their human rights obligations [...]

The Department for Education has published today, 27 July, its final evaluation of the pilot projects on Individual Budgets for families with disabled [...]

Conference Summary Evaluation “It was a wonderful, creative and stimulating day. I am looking forward to working with my Norfolk County Council colleague [...]

The third edition of the Index for inclusion: developing learning and participation in schools, by Tony Booth and Mel Ainscow, was launched at an [...]

A one-day conference will be held in London on Monday 23 May, 10 am – 4 pm, at the Institute of Education, University [...]

Research on gender studies has shown the permeability of gender boundaries and highlighted the complex relationship between biological ‘sex’ and socially constructed ‘gender’. [...]

The Department for Education published the long-awaited Green Paper entitled Support and aspiration: A new approach to special educational needs and disability today, 9 March. [...]

LGBT History Month was first initiated in America in the month of October 1994. LGBT History Month UK was initiated by a campaigning [...]

In line with our frequently asked questions concerning schooling for disabled children, CSIE are proud to present the latest in our free resources series, frequently [...]

The Department for Education published the White Paper entitled The Importance of Teaching today, 30 November. This sets out radical changes for the schools system [...]

This year sees the first ever UK Disability History Month taking place from 22nd November to 22nd December. This event is supported by [...]

Anti-bullying week takes place across the UK on 15-19 November 2010. CSIE has joined Beat Bullying’s Big March, joining thousands of young people, [...]

Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) History Month has been taking place in February every year since 2005 to celebrate and recognise the [...]

Many of the provisions of the Equality Act came into force today, 1 October 2010. The single equality duty will come into force [...]

CSIE welcomes the publication of “A statement is not enough”, the report on the special educational needs and disability review by Ofsted. This far-reaching review, [...]

The Academies Bill was presented in the House of Lords on 26 May 2010, the day after the Queen’s Speech outlined the Coalition [...]

No matter how long you have seen a storm coming, the deluge is still unpleasant. The full programme for partnership government for the next five [...]

The UK finds itself in unchartered waters as the Conservative Party agreed to form a coalition government with the Liberal Democrats and the [...]

The Children’s Rights Alliance for England (CRAE) wrote to the children’s spokesperson for each of the three main political parties asking how they [...]

“That isn’t choice; that is actually putting barriers up for parents who want their children to be part of their local community” says [...]

CSIE is delighted to announce the release of our new publication: Developing a single equality policy for your school: a CSIE guide. Written [...]

On 10 March David Askew, a 64-year-old man with learning difficulties, collapsed and died at his home in Manchester after ten years of [...]

The Salt Review published its final report and submitted it on 25 February to the Secretary of State. The Review was commissioned as [...]

The Lamb Inquiry into parental confidence in the SEN framework submitted its final report to the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families on [...]

CSIE has recently hosted a visit from senior officers of the Hamilton-Wentworth Catholic District School Board, Canada, which educates all children without exception [...]

On 8th December at our Manchester conference CSIE launched The Welcome Workbook: A self-review framework for expanding inclusive provision in your local authority. [...]

The title of Ofsted’s latest report, Twelve Outstanding Special Schools: Excelling through Inclusion (20 November) describes practice in schools and units for disabled pupils and [...]

The report of the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights concerning children’s rights came out today, 20 November. It addresses the UNICEF report that places [...]

CSIE is delighted to announce the forthcoming visit of Jackie Bajus and Laszlo Galambos, senior officers of the Hamilton-Wentworth Catholic District School Board, [...]

The inquest on the killing of learning-disabled Francecca Hardwick and the suicide of her mother Fiona Pilkington after being bullied by neighbours seems [...]

On 16 September CSIE held a national seminar in London to discuss the draft of its forthcoming publication, The Welcome Workbook. This is [...]

Research undertaken at the University of London’s Institute of Education hit the media headlines in early September, following the publication of the final [...]

Formerly known as Dr Philippa Russell, CSIE’s patron and former trustee of our organisation has recently been made a dame in the Queen’s [...]

The Northern Ireland Education Minister has thrown a spanner in the works of the UK government's intention to make a reservation on Article [...]

CSIE has written to Ed Balls, Minister for Children, Schools and Families, asking for clarification on the principle of "parental choice" and offering [...]

Jonathan Shaw, Minister for Disabled People, has expressed the UK Government’s proposed intention to attach a number of reservations to its ratification of the [...]

The UK government is preparing to ratify (bring into UK law) the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. Governments [...]

CSIE has written to the Prime Minister (PDF 54Kb) expressing its deep concern at the government's response to ratification of Article 24 (Education) of the [...]

In a written response to a Parliamentary Question, Jonathan Shaw, Minister for Disabled People, confirmed that the government intends to sign the Optional [...]

Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans (LGBT) History Month has been taking place in February every year since 2005. With a remit of "Claiming our [...]

Today (Wednesday, 3 December) is International Day of Disabled People and this year the United Nations indicated that "Dignity and Justice for All" [...]

CSIE has written to ministers calling on them to ratify without reservation the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.

The UK government ratified the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child in 1991. Nearly 17 years later, according to the Committee [...]

A part-time Administrator is required to cover a period of maternity leave, with an anticipated start date of 17th November for up to [...]

Tara Flood, Director of the Alliance for Inclusive Education and a Trustee of CSIE, has recently been named as the winner of the Social Inclusion [...]

Inspired by CSIE's Inclusion Week 2002, Rytmus, the NGO behind the Czech translation of the Index for Inclusion, and their partner organization Quip, [...]

On 6 May the UK Minister for Disabled People, Anne McGuire, responded to the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights, which has demanded [...]

Cleves Primary School in the London Borough of Newham was presented to an international audience today (Friday, 11 April), as an example of [...]

The United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities came into force on 3 April, when Ecuador became the twentieth country to ratify [...]

After a little hard work we are proud to launch our new website. This has been completely overhauled and restructured in line with [...]

Back by popular demand, this 3rd UK Inclusion Summer Institute will take place at Trent Vineyard, Nottingham, 4-6 June 2008. Unlike a conventional [...]

CSIE has joined forces with the three lead organisations at the heart of promoting inclusive education for disabled learners: the Alliance for Inclusive [...]

A new all-embracing body for equality and human rights in the UK came into being on 1 October 2007. The Equality and Human Rights [...]

At the end of March CSIE bid a fond farewell to Linda Shaw, co-director of the Centre for twenty years. At the end [...]

The United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities opened for signatures on 30 March. This Human Rights Treaty acknowledges the rights of [...]

Disabled children and inclusive education campaigners marched to the headquarters of the Government's education department demanding to be heard by an education official. [...]

The Government has won mixed reviews for its response to a report on special educational needs by an influential committee of MPs. The [...]

An influential committee of MPs has delivered a stinging rebuke to Alan Johnson, the Education Secretary, after he refused to make any significant changes [...]

Rona Tutt, a leading special educational needs expert, warns in a paper published today that nearly 1.5 million pupils with special needs are being [...]

This article was first printed in Education Journal in March 2000. It describes the Index for Inclusion: developing learning and participation in schools. The DfEE [...]

Children with special educational needs (SEN) have a better chance of developing their academic, personal and social skills in a well-resourced mainstream school [...]

The head of Communications and Campaigns for Scope, Louise High, has said media coverage on the NUT survey of inclusion has fundamentally misinterpreted its [...]

A number of Cambridge University academics say the NUT report on inclusion undermines the dignity of children and teachers. Writing in the Times Education [...]

Schools should be legally obliged to take in pupils with special educational needs, the Teachers' Union of Ireland suggested yesterday. Assistant general secretary, John MacGabhann, [...]

Another parent has joined the call for more support for autistic children and better training about autism for mainstream school teachers. Carol Keable sends [...]

Discrimination against people with disabilities is being challenged by a new campaign. 'Are We taking The Dis?' launched by the Disability Rights Commission (DRC), [...]

The mother of a young girl who cannot walk, talk, or see has been ordered by education chiefs to send her daughter to [...]

Government inspectors have said that a Workington school's disability facilities are very good. Ashfield Junior School's learning difficulties and disability facilities were inspected by [...]

Revised plans to build two special schools in Grays,Thurrock, have been revealed. Under new proposals put forward by Thurrock Council, the Treetops and Beacon [...]

The cost to the taxpayer of sending pupils to private special schools has soared past half a billion pounds a year due to [...]

Delays in building mean a severely disabled pupil is still waiting for her first day at secondary school. Lucy Hudson, 11, has congenital muscular dystrophy [...]

A ten-year-old boy has been expelled from Knuzden St Oswald's C of E Primary School, Blackburn, after carrying out a 'violent assault' on [...]

A little girl with cerebral palsy will be able to go to school with her big sister thanks to the generosity of friends [...]

One small step for schoolgirl, Maddy Sibthorp, segregated because of learning difficulties, could lead the way for others with challenging educational needs. For [...]

Baroness Warnock, the architect of the drive towards teaching special needs children in mainstream schools, is to deliver a damning indictment of the [...]

Minority ethnic children look set to lose under Government plans to reduce teachers' workloads. Increasing numbers of schools believe the only way they [...]

Parents of special needs children face an anxious time as new schools come on line. Representatives of support group Wigwam believe Guernsey Education is [...]

A new residential school for autistic children at Condover Hall, Shrewsbury, will create 255 new jobs. The Chronicle revealed last week that The [...]

Twelve special schools have been awarded specialist status as part of the Government's vision of creating 'centres of excellence'. The first 'trailblazer' schools will [...]

Special schools in Coventry could close or merge in an attempt to get more children with special needs into mainstream schools. Education experts at [...]

Baroness Mary Warnock's misgivings about the progress of inclusion was one of the most widely publicised developments in inclusive education in 2005. Baroness [...]

Leicestershire Centre for Integrated Living (LCIL) has been successful in securing funding for a project called Count Us In, and the team is [...]

The findings of the first in-depth look at inclusion since legal reforms made it easier for disabled children to join mainstream emerged as [...]

Mill Hill High School has become the first mainstream school in Barnet to admit blind students and has set up the borough's first [...]

Parents desperate to save a special education centre from closure have won a partial victory. A decision about the future of The Cheyne [...]

Schoolchildren with epilepsy could be given extra support in the classroom thanks to a team of specialist teachers. The highly trained staff would [...]

Disabled children could be removed from mainstream schools and educated in segregated establishments for children with special needs under a Tory government. The [...]

Heidi Crowther, nine, is proving a shining example to all at Mount Nod Primary School, Coventry. Heidi has Down's Syndrome but unlike many [...]

Liam Thompson has missed almost a year of school after Liverpool education officials refused to give him a mainstream place. Liam, 8, has [...]

Campaigners opposed to the exclusion of pupils for anti-social behaviour in and out of school are attempting to form a 'mass movement' to [...]

The head of Scotland's deaf school has revealed that pupils are losing out because teachers can not communicate fluently in sign language. Janet [...]

Education technology is making learning easier and more enjoyable for children with special needs. Now that the law insists that mainstream schools embrace [...]

Government plans for special needs education have been blasted by a charity devoted to inclusive schooling. The way special needs children are taught [...]

An education pack produced by the Down's Syndrome Association has won a national award. The pack was named winner of the Books for [...]

The National Union of Teachers called on parents and teachers to back their campaign to boycott Key Stage testing on the day results [...]

Maria Eagle, Minister for Disabled People, and Bert Massie, Disability Rights Commission Chairman, were put in the hot seat during the UK's first [...]

Hawkswood special school in Chingford, London, is to close from August next year after the Special Educational Needs (SEN) row took another twist. [...]

Teaching unions have been condemned by the Government's disability rights watchdog for staging a 'discriminatory' campaign to keep pupils with special educational needs [...]

Controversial new guidelines which urge Scottish councils to place children with special needs in mainstream schools came into force today. Parents and unions [...]

The Tory leader, Iain Duncan Smith, has backed special schools and called for a re-think of the Government's inclusion policy. The Tory leader [...]

Three Kingston mothers have called on the council to plug a 'massive childcare gap' and provide the support their disabled children desperately need. [...]

Andrew Sutton, director of the Foundation for Conductive Education, says disabled children and their families are ill-served by the present sterile debate about [...]

Mark Rogers, head of SEN, Educational and Cultural Services in Tameside, has denied a newspaper report that the Council has decided to shut [...]

One of Britain's leading education authorities is facing an official complaint from a parent with a child who has Down Syndrome after a [...]

Campaigner Sue Bennetto is urging parents to attend the first meeting of the Special Schools Protection League . A vigorous crusade to safeguard [...]

The number of children with autism in Inverclyde has quadrupled since 1998. Education officials predict there will not be enough places at Inverclyde's [...]

It was year of progress for inclusion as Government made more money available for improving access to mainstream schools and local education authorities [...]

The head teacher and a governor of a leading city special school have joined forces with a local MP to question Government plans [...]

An education think tank has attacked the Government over its failure to take a tougher line with local education authorities that place a [...]

Every school and nursery in Inverclyde will have to build disabled access for children with special needs, the Scottish Executive announced today. Education [...]

The Centre for Studies on Inclusive Education is to hold an Inclusion Week from November 11 to 15. Schools, colleges and universities are [...]

Special schools across Lancashire could be facing the axe in the latest round of county council cuts. The end of the summer holidays [...]

A new £70 million boost to improve facilities and access for disabled pupils in mainstream schools has been announced by the Government. This [...]

To celebrate its 20th anniversary, the Centre for Studies on Inclusive Education is organising Inclusion Week from November 11--15. It is encouraging schools [...]

According to the authors of a report on inclusive education in East Lothian, Paul Hamill and Brian Boyd, one of the key challenges [...]

Teachers have called for new powers to identify potentially violent pupils and for a new offence of attacking a public service worker. Members [...]

Parents and teachers are far from unanimous over the best way to shake up special education in Rochdale. Their differing views were aired [...]

A mum whose young son has special needs today condemned plans for a shake-up of the education, he receives. Ruth Mason, whose 12-year-old [...]

The Northern Ireland Department of Education is to be pressed by Newry and Mourne Council to introduce sign language as part of the [...]

A new book aims to help teachers support autistic children in mainstream. Teaching Young Children with Autistic Spectrum Disorders to Learn is written [...]

In line with Government policy, Local Education Authorities continued to announce proposals for developing inclusion. LEAs announcing special needs restructuring plans in 2001 [...]

A disabled teenager was left an answerphone message saying she could not start her university studies -- four days before the course was [...]

Schools need to pay more than lip service to plans aimed at integrating special needs children into mainstream, an autistic group has claimed. [...]

A new report by the disability charity Scope, That Kind of Life, reveals that disabled young people with high support needs are still [...]

The Taoiseach and Tanaiste were last night urged to meet representatives of people with disabilities in a bid to prepare a Disabilities Bill. [...]

The Special Educational Needs and Disability Act, passed in May 2001, provides new protection for disabled pupils against discrimination. From 2002 there will [...]

The Scottish Down's Syndrome Association is launching new guidelines for hospital staff on how to tell parents that their new baby has Down's [...]

A new report from the Department of Education and Employment, the National Union of Teachers and Scope shows that all pupils -- not [...]

In his new role as journalist for the Daily Telegraph, former Ofsted chief Chris Woodhead, has criticised the way the Labour Government is [...]

Proposals to bring the education system within a disability rights framework, announced in the Queen's speech, were warmly welcomed by the Disability Rights [...]

Consultations about integrating pupils with special needs into mainstream schools throughout North Tyneside have been met with a huge response. Such has been [...]

Special schools face a fall in numbers if proposals by North Tyneside Council to integrate children with special needs into mainstream schools go [...]

End of year review Government and LEA trends Plans for local education authorities to develop inclusion continued apace in 2000 with financial input [...]

NUT general secretary Doug McAvoy has welcomed the Government's announcement of its SEN and Disability in Education Bill and of an extra £220m [...]

Campaigners have criticised proposals for a new Code of Practice for Special Educational Needs. The draft Code proposes that money given to schools [...]

Thirty-seven MSPs have voiced their support for a campaign by Glasgow-based charity Deaf Connections to teach more hearing children to use sign language. [...]

A young boy who was born totally blind has achieved exceptional results in his primary school’s standard attainment tests (SATS) this term. Eleven-year [...]

The Government has announced that £30 million will be given to schools and education authorities to improve access for disabled children in schools. [...]

County Durham and Darlington schools are set to receive a £350,000 Government windfall to improve facilities for disabled pupils. The Schools Access Initiative [...]

Bullying is the main reason disabled children move from inclusive schools to special schools, says a new study from Edinburgh University. It also [...]

The Special Schools Protection League has branded Gloucestershire County Council as ‘time wasters intent on pedalling a non-existent utopia’. It follows a meeting [...]

‘Money for Inclusion’ is a leaflet from the Centre for Studies on Inclusive Education. It describes four sources of funding available to mainstream [...]

Schools Minister, Jacqui Smith, and Disability Equality in Education have launched the National Disability Trainers’ Network. The National Network will provide training by [...]

Braithwaite Special School, Bradford, is likely to move to the grounds of Bronte Middle School in 2001. After consultations of parents, schools, governors, [...]

During 1999 more LEAs announced policy reviews of special educational provision. Yet despite this trend toward inclusion at policy level, families’ day-to-day struggles [...]

Sunderland education chiefs have enlisted outside help to get their special needs shake-up right second time round. The Government rejected Sunderland Council’s first [...]

The mother of a 22-year-old man who has autism has taken an unprecedented High Court Action in the Irish Courts claiming that the [...]

Horton Lodge Community Special School, Rudyard, Cheshire, is hosting a pioneering course aimed at helping teachers support children with physical difficulties in mainstream [...]

When James Cope was two years old consultants told his parents that he would never be able to walk, talk or do anything [...]

Governors and head teachers are giving plans to integrate more Gloucestershire children with special needs into mainstream schools a favourable response, it has [...]

Consultation on revived plans for a shake up of special schools in County Durham will begin next week. Durham County Council education chiefs [...]

The Association of Teacher and Lecturers meeting in Harrogate, West Yorkshire, called for all staff to be given specialist training to control violent [...]

Two special schools in Darlington are trying to find the cash to go ahead with a joint bid to gain technology college status. [...]

An increasing number of special needs children could be integrated in mainstream schools as Wigan pilots a new government initiative. The authority has [...]

1998 was a year when stronger positions were taken on inclusion as an increasing number of education authorities took steps to support more [...]

An 11-year-old disabled girl is being taught at home for a year because of a setback to her dream of joining her chums [...]

A 24-year-old woman who successfully sued her former schools for failing to diagnose that she was dyslexic had her £45,650 damages award taken [...]

More Reading schoolchildren with special needs could have the chance to attend mainstream schools thanks to a new council scheme. Council members last [...]

There's been a strong reaction to Camden Council's explanation as to why only two of its schools are accessible to wheelchair users. The [...]

The former headmaster of Sunderland's Barbara Priestman Special School which is threatened with closure claims the school is 'unique'. He says that during [...]

A London Borough is reversing the tide of rising exclusions by closing its special schools and behaviour support centre. Instead, unruly children in [...]

Campaigning parents Paul and Sarah Abel are taking legal action in a bid to secure a better life for their three-year-old son Christopher [...]

A Northumberland mother is so pleased with the way her disabled son has been supported in his primary school that she has recommended [...]

Fundraising continues at St Wilfrid's Roman Catholic Primary School in Northwich to raise £9,000 each year to pay for an educational assistant for [...]

Kingston upon Hull's Education Committee has agreed the controversial closure of Derringham Special School. Councillors have assured parents who oppose the closure that [...]

A collection of stories about the lives of families with a disabled child has sold nearly 1,500 copies and now the group behind [...]

The mother of a boy who has Down's Syndrome is ready to go to prison rather than send him to a special school [...]

Derringham Special School in Kingston-upon Hull should close down by the end of the academic year, according to a local education authority report. [...]

Many of Derbyshire's 80 primary and 15 secondary schools are not fully accessible for disabled children because of lack of money, says the [...]

Cumbria County Council is being asked to back an investigation into why the number of children labelled as having severe learning difficulties has [...]

Education chiefs have still to appoint head teachers for two crisis-hit Tyneside special schools which failed recent OFSTED inspections. A report criticised management [...]

More disabled children are being educated in ordinary schools, according to the most recent statistics. A report by the Centre for Studies on [...]

In the High Court, Mr Justice Dyson ruled that Solihull Council acted unreasonably by refusing to provide finance for the education of a [...]

The mother of a 12-year-old girl with severe learning difficulties has been awarded £4,000 compensation because Staffordshire County Council took too long to [...]

Mounting concern by parents of children with special educational needs has prompted Pembrokeshire County Council to review its special needs policy. The parents [...]

The two biggest teaching unions yesterday backed their members' right not to teach the most disruptive pupils. The National Association of Schoolmasters and [...]

National Union of Teachers' president, Carole Regan, has praised work in Shropshire to help children with hearing impairment. Ms Regan went to Meole [...]

North Yorkshire County Councillors have voted against the possible closure of Welburn Hall Special School and instructed officers to market the school better [...]

Alan Milburn, North Yorkshire County Council's head of pupil and parent services gives an assurance that although the proposed closure of Welburn Hall [...]

Parents in Lambeth say autistic children are being hawked around the borough's schools because of lack of adequate resources. They told Lambeth Education [...]

The Yarmouth Branch of the Norfolk Autistic Society is calling for action to provide specialist care for young people with autism. Co-organiser, Helen [...]

Pete and Wendy Crane with their son Niki and educational psychologist John Kenworthy staged a 'teach-in' outside the gates of the mainstream school [...]

A Tyneside family fighting for their disabled daughter to be allowed go to a mainstream school say they will not give up. Today [...]

At a Commons Health Select Committee meeting, Tory MP David Congdon said there was a risk that some disabled children might not be [...]

Jane Brierley, of Liverpool, explains how her four-year-old son, Sean, who has Down's Syndrome, will be affected by cuts in the Special Educational [...]

Hereford and Worcester Education Service is considering plans to extend links between special and mainstream schools in the county. Margaret Davis, assistant educational [...]

Special needs teachers working with children in mainstream schools in Liverpool have threatened to strike over plans to cut jobs. They fear mainstream [...]

Speaking at the annual conference of the NASUWT in Glasgow, union leader Nigel de Gruchy blames the closure of special schools for the [...]

Six-year-old Scott Powling, who has Downs Syndrome, is said to be facing a 'Catch 22 situation' which could see him forced out of [...]

Peter Howlett, of Portsmouth Cerebral Palsy Association, an ex-teacher, says that integration invariably works well if schools are enthusiastic about it and are [...]

The mother of four-year-old Kirstie Elliott is due to appear before the Special Educational Needs Tribunal to argue why her daughter, who has [...]

One in every 25 children attending Doncaster schools is thought to be in need of special teaching help Education officials have revealed that [...]

The mother of eight-year-old Martin Willis expresses concern that she will be called in "unnecessarily " to take her deaf son home if [...]

Two thirds of Nottingham parents of children with special educational needs are "very satisfied" with the decision to move them to a mainstream [...]

Parents of four-year-old David Ivins are taking his case to a Special Educational Needs Tribunal to try to settle a dispute with South [...]

John Kenworthy, a clinical psychologist, and Joe Whittaker, a higher education lecturer, face prison sentences in their fight to win mainstream school places [...]

Preethi Manuel, fighting for a mainstream school place for her daughter Zahrah who has cerebral palsy, has finally won her battle. Ms. Manuel [...]

Beverley Flitton and Caroline Frizzell, whose Down's Syndrome children attend mainstream schools, are organising a conference in Enfield, London, to give parents and [...]

The new Special Needs Tribunal receives more than 500 appeals in the first six months and disposes of about 50 cases. Education, May [...]

A London conference organised by Save the Children and Integration Alliance heard that widespread integration of disabled children into mainstream schools would be [...]

A new policy on disability published by the Educational Institute of Scotland says disabled children often face discrimination because of badly designed school [...]

Mrs. Beverley Doyle decides to keep her daughter Ashlee out of school after Solihull Council say she must leave a unit for children [...]

Great Barr Primary School, Birmingham, is praised by school inspectors for its success in integrating children with physical disabilities.The inspectors' report said pupils [...]