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  • December 2003

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

    Published On: December 1, 20033.3 min read666 words

  • November 2003

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

    Published On: November 1, 20032.5 min read509 words

  • October 2003

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

    Published On: October 1, 20035.6 min read1113 words

  • September 2003

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

    Published On: September 1, 20036.1 min read1224 words

  • August 2003

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

    Published On: August 1, 20033.3 min read653 words

  • July 2003

    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 [...]

    Published On: July 1, 20033 min read602 words

  • June 2003

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

    Published On: June 1, 20035.4 min read1071 words

  • May 2003

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

    Published On: May 1, 20033.9 min read782 words

  • April 2003

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

    Published On: April 1, 20033.1 min read626 words

  • March 2003

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

    Published On: March 1, 20035.5 min read1090 words

  • February 2003

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

    Published On: February 1, 20033.9 min read770 words

  • January 2003

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

    Published On: January 1, 20033.3 min read657 words