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End of year review Government and LEA trends Plans for local education authorities to develop inclusion continued apace in 2000 with financial input [...]
Published On: December 31, 20005.2 min read1032 wordsNUT general secretary Doug McAvoy has welcomed the Government's announcement of its SEN and Disability in Education Bill and of an extra £220m [...]
Published On: December 1, 20006.1 min read1216 wordsCampaigners have criticised proposals for a new Code of Practice for Special Educational Needs. The draft Code proposes that money given to schools [...]
Published On: October 1, 20006.6 min read1318 wordsThirty-seven MSPs have voiced their support for a campaign by Glasgow-based charity Deaf Connections to teach more hearing children to use sign language. [...]
Published On: September 1, 20004.4 min read886 wordsA young boy who was born totally blind has achieved exceptional results in his primary school’s standard attainment tests (SATS) this term. Eleven-year [...]
Published On: August 1, 20003.3 min read653 wordsThe Government has announced that £30 million will be given to schools and education authorities to improve access for disabled children in schools. [...]
Published On: July 1, 20005.4 min read1079 wordsCounty Durham and Darlington schools are set to receive a £350,000 Government windfall to improve facilities for disabled pupils. The Schools Access Initiative [...]
Published On: June 1, 20005.3 min read1060 wordsBullying is the main reason disabled children move from inclusive schools to special schools, says a new study from Edinburgh University. It also [...]
Published On: May 1, 20006.6 min read1321 wordsThe Special Schools Protection League has branded Gloucestershire County Council as ‘time wasters intent on pedalling a non-existent utopia’. It follows a meeting [...]
Published On: April 1, 20005.1 min read1011 words‘Money for Inclusion’ is a leaflet from the Centre for Studies on Inclusive Education. It describes four sources of funding available to mainstream [...]
Published On: March 1, 20007.1 min read1426 wordsSchools Minister, Jacqui Smith, and Disability Equality in Education have launched the National Disability Trainers’ Network. The National Network will provide training by [...]
Published On: February 1, 20005.7 min read1140 wordsBraithwaite Special School, Bradford, is likely to move to the grounds of Bronte Middle School in 2001. After consultations of parents, schools, governors, [...]
Published On: January 1, 20008.2 min read1645 words
