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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 [...]
Published On: December 1, 20054 min read795 wordsThe cost to the taxpayer of sending pupils to private special schools has soared past half a billion pounds a year due to [...]
Published On: November 1, 20054.8 min read952 wordsDelays in building mean a severely disabled pupil is still waiting for her first day at secondary school. Lucy Hudson, 11, has congenital muscular dystrophy [...]
Published On: October 1, 20054.8 min read959 wordsA 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 [...]
Published On: September 1, 20052.2 min read438 wordsA little girl with cerebral palsy will be able to go to school with her big sister thanks to the generosity of friends [...]
Published On: August 1, 20052.8 min read564 wordsOne small step for schoolgirl, Maddy Sibthorp, segregated because of learning difficulties, could lead the way for others with challenging educational needs. For [...]
Published On: July 1, 20057.3 min read1465 wordsBaroness Warnock, the architect of the drive towards teaching special needs children in mainstream schools, is to deliver a damning indictment of the [...]
Published On: June 1, 20055.8 min read1157 wordsMinority ethnic children look set to lose under Government plans to reduce teachers' workloads. Increasing numbers of schools believe the only way they [...]
Published On: May 1, 20053.2 min read644 wordsParents of special needs children face an anxious time as new schools come on line. Representatives of support group Wigwam believe Guernsey Education is [...]
Published On: April 1, 20055.4 min read1078 wordsA new residential school for autistic children at Condover Hall, Shrewsbury, will create 255 new jobs. The Chronicle revealed last week that The [...]
Published On: March 1, 20054.4 min read884 wordsTwelve special schools have been awarded specialist status as part of the Government's vision of creating 'centres of excellence'. The first 'trailblazer' schools will [...]
Published On: February 1, 20053.8 min read760 wordsSpecial schools in Coventry could close or merge in an attempt to get more children with special needs into mainstream schools. Education experts at [...]
Published On: January 2, 20052.6 min read527 wordsBaroness Mary Warnock's misgivings about the progress of inclusion was one of the most widely publicised developments in inclusive education in 2005. Baroness [...]
Published On: January 1, 20057.7 min read1536 words
