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

    Published On: December 1, 19972.2 min read438 words
  • Many of Derbyshire's 80 primary and 15 secondary schools are not fully accessible for disabled children because of lack of money, says the [...]

    Published On: November 1, 19972.4 min read475 words
  • Cumbria County Council is being asked to back an investigation into why the number of children labelled as having severe learning difficulties has [...]

    Published On: October 1, 19972.9 min read582 words
  • Education chiefs have still to appoint head teachers for two crisis-hit Tyneside special schools which failed recent OFSTED inspections. A report criticised management [...]

    Published On: September 1, 19972.6 min read521 words
  • More disabled children are being educated in ordinary schools, according to the most recent statistics. A report by the Centre for Studies on [...]

    Published On: August 1, 19971.3 min read253 words
  • In the High Court, Mr Justice Dyson ruled that Solihull Council acted unreasonably by refusing to provide finance for the education of a [...]

    Published On: July 1, 19971.1 min read213 words
  • 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 [...]

    Published On: June 1, 19971.6 min read322 words
  • Mounting concern by parents of children with special educational needs has prompted Pembrokeshire County Council to review its special needs policy. The parents [...]

    Published On: May 1, 19973 min read597 words
  • The two biggest teaching unions yesterday backed their members' right not to teach the most disruptive pupils. The National Association of Schoolmasters and [...]

    Published On: April 1, 19972.9 min read582 words
  • National Union of Teachers' president, Carole Regan, has praised work in Shropshire to help children with hearing impairment. Ms Regan went to Meole [...]

    Published On: March 1, 19972.1 min read428 words
  • North Yorkshire County Councillors have voted against the possible closure of Welburn Hall Special School and instructed officers to market the school better [...]

    Published On: February 1, 19972.1 min read421 words
  • Alan Milburn, North Yorkshire County Council's head of pupil and parent services gives an assurance that although the proposed closure of Welburn Hall [...]

    Published On: January 1, 19971.5 min read305 words