• 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 [...]

    Published On: December 21, 20200.9 min read183 words
  • Last week CSIE received the gift of a free Zoom licence and webinar licence from Schools OUT UK, who had themselves received a [...]

    Published On: November 18, 20201.4 min read287 words
  • 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 [...]

    Published On: November 17, 20203.1 min read623 words
  • CSIE has been a partner in the IMAS II project (IMproving ASsistance in inclusive educational settings II) and the original IMAS project before [...]

    Published On: November 10, 20201.9 min read376 words
  • 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 [...]

    Published On: October 19, 20201.1 min read228 words
  • 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 [...]

    Published On: September 15, 20201.9 min read387 words
  • 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 [...]

    Published On: July 22, 20202.1 min read410 words
  • All is well that ends well! As CSIE approached its 38th birthday, the situation was looking rather gloomy. As we have mentioned in [...]

    Published On: July 10, 20204.4 min read881 words
  • On this day CSIE celebrates 38 years of remarkable achievements! Founded on 28 June 1982 as the Centre for Studies on Integration in [...]

    Published On: June 28, 20202.6 min read523 words
  • We are delighted to welcome Ruth Thornton to the CSIE team! Ruth has joined us as a Research and Project Assistant for a [...]

    Published On: June 8, 20201 min read196 words
  • The good news is that CSIE staff and trustees are well, safe, and staying as positive as possible. In one sense it is [...]

    Published On: April 23, 20202.2 min read433 words
  • 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” [...]

    Published On: March 31, 20202.1 min read414 words
  • 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 [...]

    Published On: March 3, 20201.1 min read229 words
  • CSIE was honoured to be invited on to Voice of Islam, a national radio station, to discuss a recent rise in exclusions for [...]

    Published On: January 14, 20200.9 min read181 words
  • 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 [...]

    Published On: November 29, 20191.6 min read311 words
  • 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, [...]

    Published On: October 30, 20191.3 min read266 words
  • We are delighted to announce that this year CSIE will be marking UK Disability History Month with two free screenings of the film [...]

    Published On: October 28, 20191.2 min read247 words
  • CSIE has been reporting, since the 1980s, school placement trends of all local authorities in England (i.e. the proportion of children sent by [...]

    Published On: July 30, 20193.5 min read693 words
  • On this day CSIE celebrates 37 years of remarkable achievements! Founded on 28 June 1982 as the Centre for Studies on Integration in [...]

    Published On: June 25, 20191.7 min read330 words
  • 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 [...]

    Published On: June 20, 20192 min read402 words
  • 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 [...]

    Published On: May 17, 20191.2 min read244 words
  • 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 [...]

    Published On: April 5, 20192.3 min read451 words
  • CSIE’s director Artemi Sakellariadis attended a Reception at Windsor Castle yesterday, 2 April, celebrating 100 years of the National Council for Voluntary Organisations [...]

    Published On: April 3, 20190.5 min read96 words
  • CSIE has been working with researchers at the University of Exeter to explore school placement trends (i.e. the proportion of children placed in [...]

    Published On: March 12, 20191.4 min read286 words
  • 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+ [...]

    Published On: October 28, 20181.3 min read266 words
  • This October marks 30 years of Black History Month UK, an opportunity to acknowledge and celebrate people and events paving the way for [...]

    Published On: October 1, 20181.2 min read246 words
  • On this day CSIE celebrates 36 years of remarkable achievements! Founded on 28 June 1982 as the Centre for Studies on Integration in [...]

    Published On: June 28, 20183 min read598 words
  • 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 [...]

    Published On: June 15, 20180.8 min read165 words
  • 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 [...]

    Published On: June 12, 20180.5 min read101 words
  • We are delighted to announce that CSIE has received funding from the National Lottery Awards for All programme to set up an online [...]

    Published On: June 5, 20181 min read193 words
  • 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 [...]

    Published On: March 16, 20181.2 min read237 words
  • CSIE is honoured to have been invited to become a strategic partner of the Essex & Thames Primary SCITT and looks forward to a long [...]

    Published On: March 7, 20180.5 min read96 words
  • 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 [...]

    Published On: March 7, 20180.6 min read117 words
  • CSIE is delighted to have been awarded a grant from the Goodall Foundation to support our work promoting equality in schools in Brighton [...]

    Published On: February 16, 20180.9 min read185 words
  • During LGBT History Month, we are available to carry out equality surveys in primary and secondary schools, providing each school with clear information [...]

    Published On: February 5, 20180.9 min read171 words
  • The European project on IMproving ASsistance in inclusive educational settings (IMAS) comes to an end today, 30 November. Project partners met in Brussels [...]

    Published On: November 30, 20174.3 min read869 words
  • The UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities has produced a damning report, following its recent Review of the UK government’s [...]

    Published On: September 4, 20173.4 min read673 words
  • CSIE’s contribution to the IMAS project (IMproving ASsistance in inclusive educational settings), took us back to Gleisdorf, in Austria, last week. Project partners, [...]

    Published On: July 25, 20171.3 min read262 words
  • Founded on 28 June 1982 as the Centre for Studies on Integration in Education, CSIE took on its current name in the 1990s. [...]

    Published On: June 28, 20173.3 min read667 words
  • CSIE is honoured to have been invited to contribute to the Beit Project, a European project promoting social cohesion. The project was launched [...]

    Published On: June 15, 20171.3 min read265 words
  • CSIE is delighted to have been awarded a grant from the University of Bristol to research current experiences of disabled students, in collaboration [...]

    Published On: May 30, 20171.1 min read221 words
  • 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 [...]

    Published On: March 6, 20170.9 min read187 words
  • 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 [...]

    Published On: December 2, 20162.8 min read566 words
  • CSIE is proud to have been invited to contribute to a new European project on Improving Assistance in Inclusive Educational Settings (IMAS), which [...]

    Published On: November 14, 20160.9 min read176 words
  • 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 [...]

    Published On: September 6, 20163.6 min read728 words
  • The UK government ratified the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child in 1991. Twenty-five years on, the Committee which monitors implementation [...]

    Published On: July 27, 20162.9 min read582 words
  • 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 [...]

    Published On: July 8, 20162.5 min read497 words
  • Founded on 28 June 1982 as the Centre for Studies on Integration in Education, CSIE took on its current name in the 1990s. [...]

    Published On: June 30, 20162.6 min read529 words
  • 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, [...]

    Published On: May 6, 20160.6 min read110 words
  • 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 [...]

    Published On: March 18, 20166.2 min read1237 words
  • CSIE is delighted to have received an Innovative Practice Award 2016 from the Zero Project, for a world with zero barriers, for our work [...]

    Published On: February 15, 20161.6 min read317 words
  • CSIE has responded to the Education Committee’s inquiry into the purpose and quality of education in England. The call for submissions included a [...]

    Published On: January 26, 20162.2 min read435 words
  • 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 [...]

    Published On: January 21, 20162.2 min read448 words
  • 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 [...]

    Published On: December 18, 20152.1 min read418 words
  • 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 [...]

    Published On: December 1, 20151.3 min read267 words
  • 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 [...]

    Published On: November 23, 20150.8 min read163 words
  • CSIE mourns the sad loss of Gerv Leyden, tireless supporter of inclusive education and CSIE Trustee since 2007. For most of his professional [...]

    Published On: October 8, 20151.1 min read219 words
  • 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 [...]

    Published On: July 20, 20151.8 min read360 words
  • CSIE turns 33 today and has many reasons to celebrate! Founded on 28 June 1982 as the Centre for Studies on Integration in [...]

    Published On: June 28, 20152 min read404 words
  • CSIE has been honoured to be invited to deliver keynote presentations in two conferences in Prague, one for school staff and parents, the [...]

    Published On: June 11, 20151 min read204 words
  • Following a successful crowdfunding campaign, CSIE is offering two free workshops on equality: in Bristol on 25 June and Manchester on 26 June. [...]

    Published On: June 4, 20151.3 min read253 words
  • This is a significant moment in CSIE’s life and we are calling on all our friends and allies to help us continue the [...]

    Published On: April 28, 20151.4 min read288 words
  • 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 [...]

    Published On: March 24, 20152 min read405 words
  • 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 [...]

    Published On: March 6, 20150.8 min read163 words
  • We are very excited as we prepare to launch the pilot edition of “Equality: Making It Happen”, a practical and accessible guide for [...]

    Published On: January 26, 20151.5 min read300 words
  • 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 [...]

    Published On: December 19, 20141 min read192 words
  • The National Union of Teachers (NUT) published in September its Manifesto for the 2015 general election.“Stand Up for Education” makes a compelling case [...]

    Published On: October 28, 20141.8 min read359 words
  • 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 [...]

    Published On: September 24, 20141.6 min read316 words
  • The new Children and Families Act has introduced wide-ranging reforms in the education of disabled children or those identified as having special educational [...]

    Published On: September 10, 20141.8 min read362 words
  • Setting a consultation period of only three weeks including Easter break and May Bank Holiday (total just 12 working days) the Department for [...]

    Published On: May 6, 20141.4 min read277 words
  • 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 [...]

    Published On: March 18, 20141.1 min read220 words
  • 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 [...]

    Published On: December 21, 20131 min read203 words
  • 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 [...]

    Published On: December 10, 20132.9 min read587 words
  • We are delighted to announce plans to offer a new resource pack to schools. In the first instance this will focus on better [...]

    Published On: November 14, 20132 min read391 words
  • Disabled children & young people who live in poverty are being denied their basic rights, says a new report from the office of [...]

    Published On: October 14, 20132.4 min read482 words
  • At a conference in Sofia today, 14 October, we witnessed Bulgarian schools' resounding endorsement of the CSIE resource "Index for inclusion: developing learning [...]

    Published On: October 14, 20131.1 min read223 words
  • 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 [...]

    Published On: September 13, 20132.1 min read411 words
  • 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 [...]

    Published On: June 18, 20133.6 min read721 words
  • 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 [...]

    Published On: April 25, 20131.8 min read352 words
  • About the workshop: Do all pupils and staff feel welcome, visible and respected in your school? Do lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) [...]

    Published On: April 24, 20132.9 min read570 words
  • The Home Office has called for a review of the public sector equality duty (PSED), as part of the Red Tape Challenge spotlight [...]

    Published On: April 19, 20135.4 min read1080 words
  • 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 [...]

    Published On: March 21, 20131.8 min read365 words
  • The government is pushing forward with plans to change the law on the education of disabled children or those said to have special [...]

    Published On: February 26, 20137.2 min read1448 words
  • 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 [...]

    Published On: February 12, 20130.4 min read81 words
  • We were honoured to have been invited to host a two-week study visit from a delegation from India, wishing to develop more inclusive [...]

    Published On: February 4, 20133.6 min read727 words
  • A new report by the Academies Commission published today, 10 January, says academies use covert selection methods to skew their intake. Unleashing Greatness: Getting [...]

    Published On: January 10, 20132.6 min read513 words
  • 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 [...]

    Published On: December 19, 20121.7 min read347 words
  • 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 [...]

    Published On: November 8, 20120.5 min read99 words
  • 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 [...]

    Published On: November 7, 20121.3 min read254 words
  • 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, [...]

    Published On: October 30, 20122.3 min read450 words
  • In September 2011 the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) had published "Hidden in plain sight: Inquiry into disability-related harassment”. The report had [...]

    Published On: October 22, 20123.6 min read715 words
  • 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 [...]

    Published On: September 12, 20123.9 min read785 words
  • 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 [...]

    Published On: July 24, 20124.2 min read840 words
  • In September 2011 the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) had published “Hidden in plain sight: Inquiry into disability-related harassment”. The report had [...]

    Published On: July 17, 20122.4 min read486 words
  • On Monday 9th July 2012 CSIE were proud to help celebrate the achievements of thirty LGBT young people. Since last September, we have [...]

    Published On: July 16, 20121.9 min read379 words
  • CSIE was set up on 28 June 1982 and earlier this week we celebrated our 30th birthday! To mark the occasion, we held [...]

    Published On: June 30, 20123.9 min read775 words
  • CSIE was set up in June 1982 and next week we celebrate our 30th birthday! To mark the occasion, we will be having [...]

    Published On: June 21, 20120.4 min read72 words
  • 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 [...]

    Published On: June 21, 20123.1 min read624 words
  • Recent reports suggest that many academies are refusing to admit children who have statements of special educational needs and that such decisions may [...]

    Published On: June 11, 20121.8 min read351 words
  • 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 [...]

    Published On: May 18, 20127.6 min read1520 words
  • The Labour Party has sought the views of parents, young people and education practitioners on how to improve educational outcomes for disabled children [...]

    Published On: April 4, 20120.4 min read88 words
  • The Office of the Children’s Commissioner published its findings from the School Exclusions Inquiry today (Monday, 19 March). The report, entitled “They never [...]

    Published On: March 19, 20121.7 min read341 words
  • Around 200 delegates from 18 countries took part in the four-day conference “North South Dialogue IV– Implementing Tools of Change for Inclusion”. The [...]

    Published On: March 14, 201215.1 min read3013 words
  • The CSIE publication "Index for Inclusion: developing learning and participation in schools” (Booth and Ainscow 2011, 3rd edition) has recently been translated into [...]

    Published On: March 6, 20120.6 min read128 words
  • CSIE is working with Bath Spa University's Centre for Education Policy in Practice on a project with secondary schools in Wiltshire to help [...]

    Published On: February 16, 20121.8 min read353 words
  • 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 [...]

    Published On: December 1, 20112 min read397 words
  • CSIE delivered a bespoke training session to staff at the University of the West of England around delivery and implementation of their transgender [...]

    Published On: November 14, 20111.5 min read296 words
  • 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. [...]

    Published On: October 25, 20111.4 min read280 words
  • Are you interested in working as a fundraiser for CSIE? We are looking for someone with a good track record in charity fundraising [...]

    Published On: October 25, 20110.9 min read184 words
  • 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 [...]

    Published On: October 20, 20110.8 min read154 words
  • A new campaign has recently been launched in Northern Ireland, calling for an end to the division between Catholic and Protestant schools. The [...]

    Published On: September 20, 20111.2 min read238 words
  • A report published today, 12 September, by the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) reveals systemic institutional failure to tackle harassment of disabled [...]

    Published On: September 12, 20110.8 min read169 words
  • A report published today, 10 September, by the Centre for Social Justice (CSJ) has warned that some schools are breaking the law in [...]

    Published On: September 10, 20111 min read192 words
  • 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 [...]

    Published On: August 19, 20110.2 min read37 words
  • UK Disability History Month (UKDHM) runs from 22 November to 22 December. This year’s theme will be “Celebrating Our Struggle for Equality”. A [...]

    Published On: August 18, 20110.8 min read151 words
  • The Commission on a Bill of Rights, an independent Commission established by the Government in March of this year, has launched a discussion [...]

    Published On: August 5, 20110.3 min read68 words
  • The Equalities and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) has launched a new online resource to help public sector bodies meet their human rights obligations [...]

    Published On: August 1, 20110.4 min read78 words
  • The Department for Education has published today, 27 July, its final evaluation of the pilot projects on Individual Budgets for families with disabled [...]

    Published On: July 27, 20111.3 min read259 words
  • Conference Summary Evaluation “It was a wonderful, creative and stimulating day. I am looking forward to working with my Norfolk County Council colleague [...]

    Published On: May 24, 20113.2 min read636 words
  • The third edition of the Index for inclusion: developing learning and participation in schools, by Tony Booth and Mel Ainscow, was launched at an [...]

    Published On: May 23, 20111.9 min read387 words
  • A one-day conference will be held in London on Monday 23 May, 10 am – 4 pm, at the Institute of Education, University [...]

    Published On: April 6, 20112 min read395 words
  • Research on gender studies has shown the permeability of gender boundaries and highlighted the complex relationship between biological ‘sex’ and socially constructed ‘gender’. [...]

    Published On: April 5, 20111.5 min read301 words
  • 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. [...]

    Published On: March 9, 20112.6 min read510 words
  • LGBT History Month was first initiated in America in the month of October 1994. LGBT History Month UK was initiated by a campaigning [...]

    Published On: January 21, 20111.2 min read233 words
  • 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 [...]

    Published On: January 20, 20110.6 min read122 words
  • 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 [...]

    Published On: November 30, 20106.2 min read1243 words
  • This year sees the first ever UK Disability History Month taking place from 22nd November to 22nd December. This event is supported by [...]

    Published On: November 22, 20101.2 min read231 words
  • 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, [...]

    Published On: November 12, 20100.7 min read130 words
  • Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) History Month has been taking place in February every year since 2005 to celebrate and recognise the [...]

    Published On: October 19, 20100.9 min read175 words
  • Many of the provisions of the Equality Act came into force today, 1 October 2010. The single equality duty will come into force [...]

    Published On: October 1, 20100.3 min read50 words
  • 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, [...]

    Published On: September 14, 20106.3 min read1265 words
  • The Academies Bill was presented in the House of Lords on 26 May 2010, the day after the Queen’s Speech outlined the Coalition [...]

    Published On: July 29, 20104.1 min read813 words
  • 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 [...]

    Published On: May 20, 20103.6 min read727 words
  • The UK finds itself in unchartered waters as the Conservative Party agreed to form a coalition government with the Liberal Democrats and the [...]

    Published On: May 12, 20102.3 min read451 words
  • 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 [...]

    Published On: May 4, 20100.6 min read125 words
  • “That isn’t choice; that is actually putting barriers up for parents who want their children to be part of their local community” says [...]

    Published On: April 28, 20103.8 min read762 words
  • CSIE is delighted to announce the release of our new publication: Developing a single equality policy for your school: a CSIE guide. Written [...]

    Published On: April 13, 20101.2 min read242 words
  • 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 [...]

    Published On: March 15, 20101.7 min read330 words
  • The Salt Review published its final report and submitted it on 25 February to the Secretary of State. The Review was commissioned as [...]

    Published On: March 4, 20103.2 min read632 words
  • 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 [...]

    Published On: December 16, 20093.1 min read617 words
  • CSIE has recently hosted a visit from senior officers of the Hamilton-Wentworth Catholic District School Board, Canada, which educates all children without exception [...]

    Published On: December 12, 20091.6 min read322 words
  • On 8th December at our Manchester conference CSIE launched The Welcome Workbook: A self-review framework for expanding inclusive provision in your local authority. [...]

    Published On: December 8, 20090.9 min read189 words
  • 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 [...]

    Published On: November 20, 20091.5 min read308 words
  • 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 [...]

    Published On: November 20, 20091.5 min read298 words
  • CSIE is delighted to announce the forthcoming visit of Jackie Bajus and Laszlo Galambos, senior officers of the Hamilton-Wentworth Catholic District School Board, [...]

    Published On: October 30, 20092.7 min read531 words
  • The inquest on the killing of learning-disabled Francecca Hardwick and the suicide of her mother Fiona Pilkington after being bullied by neighbours seems [...]

    Published On: September 24, 20090.9 min read179 words
  • On 16 September CSIE held a national seminar in London to discuss the draft of its forthcoming publication, The Welcome Workbook. This is [...]

    Published On: September 17, 20090.5 min read109 words
  • Research undertaken at the University of London’s Institute of Education hit the media headlines in early September, following the publication of the final [...]

    Published On: September 6, 20091.2 min read249 words
  • 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 [...]

    Published On: June 22, 20090.6 min read116 words
  • The Northern Ireland Education Minister has thrown a spanner in the works of the UK government's intention to make a reservation on Article [...]

    Published On: April 1, 20091.8 min read357 words
  • CSIE has written to Ed Balls, Minister for Children, Schools and Families, asking for clarification on the principle of "parental choice" and offering [...]

    Published On: March 11, 20090.7 min read134 words
  • 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 [...]

    Published On: March 3, 20091.7 min read347 words
  • The UK government is preparing to ratify (bring into UK law) the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. Governments [...]

    Published On: February 13, 20094.9 min read973 words
  • 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 [...]

    Published On: February 5, 20090.5 min read102 words
  • In a written response to a Parliamentary Question, Jonathan Shaw, Minister for Disabled People, confirmed that the government intends to sign the Optional [...]

    Published On: February 3, 20090.8 min read167 words
  • Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans (LGBT) History Month has been taking place in February every year since 2005. With a remit of "Claiming our [...]

    Published On: December 18, 20080.5 min read109 words
  • Today (Wednesday, 3 December) is International Day of Disabled People and this year the United Nations indicated that "Dignity and Justice for All" [...]

    Published On: December 3, 20080.5 min read95 words
  • CSIE has written to ministers calling on them to ratify without reservation the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.

    Published On: November 11, 20080.1 min read22 words
  • The UK government ratified the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child in 1991. Nearly 17 years later, according to the Committee [...]

    Published On: October 6, 20081.4 min read270 words
  • A part-time Administrator is required to cover a period of maternity leave, with an anticipated start date of 17th November for up to [...]

    Published On: September 16, 20080.6 min read117 words
  • 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 [...]

    Published On: August 10, 20081 min read191 words
  • Inspired by CSIE's Inclusion Week 2002, Rytmus, the NGO behind the Czech translation of the Index for Inclusion, and their partner organization Quip, [...]

    Published On: August 2, 20080.9 min read182 words
  • On 6 May the UK Minister for Disabled People, Anne McGuire, responded to the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights, which has demanded [...]

    Published On: May 6, 20082.1 min read413 words
  • Cleves Primary School in the London Borough of Newham was presented to an international audience today (Friday, 11 April), as an example of [...]

    Published On: April 11, 20080.6 min read121 words
  • 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 [...]

    Published On: April 3, 20080.6 min read124 words
  • After a little hard work we are proud to launch our new website. This has been completely overhauled and restructured in line with [...]

    Published On: March 1, 20080.8 min read164 words
  • Back by popular demand, this 3rd UK Inclusion Summer Institute will take place at Trent Vineyard, Nottingham, 4-6 June 2008. Unlike a conventional [...]

    Published On: January 25, 20080.5 min read103 words
  • CSIE has joined forces with the three lead organisations at the heart of promoting inclusive education for disabled learners: the Alliance for Inclusive [...]

    Published On: November 20, 20070.7 min read141 words
  • 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 [...]

    Published On: October 1, 20070.4 min read77 words
  • At the end of March CSIE bid a fond farewell to Linda Shaw, co-director of the Centre for twenty years. At the end [...]

    Published On: June 1, 20070.4 min read71 words
  • 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 [...]

    Published On: March 30, 20070.6 min read125 words
  • Disabled children and inclusive education campaigners marched to the headquarters of the Government's education department demanding to be heard by an education official. [...]

    Published On: December 1, 20063.6 min read712 words
  • The Government has won mixed reviews for its response to a report on special educational needs by an influential committee of MPs. The [...]

    Published On: November 1, 20063.6 min read718 words
  • An influential committee of MPs has delivered a stinging rebuke to Alan Johnson, the Education Secretary, after he refused to make any significant changes [...]

    Published On: October 1, 20063.9 min read771 words
  • 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 [...]

    Published On: September 1, 20062.3 min read466 words
  • 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 [...]

    Published On: September 1, 20065 min read1002 words
  • Children with special educational needs (SEN) have a better chance of developing their academic, personal and social skills in a well-resourced mainstream school [...]

    Published On: August 1, 20064 min read796 words
  • The head of Communications and Campaigns for Scope, Louise High, has said media coverage on the NUT survey of inclusion has fundamentally misinterpreted its [...]

    Published On: July 1, 20063.9 min read789 words
  • A number of Cambridge University academics say the NUT report on inclusion undermines the dignity of children and teachers. Writing in the Times Education [...]

    Published On: June 1, 20065.5 min read1109 words
  • 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, [...]

    Published On: May 1, 20063.9 min read776 words
  • Another parent has joined the call for more support for autistic children and better training about autism for mainstream school teachers. Carol Keable sends [...]

    Published On: April 1, 20063.5 min read709 words
  • Discrimination against people with disabilities is being challenged by a new campaign. 'Are We taking The Dis?' launched by the Disability Rights Commission (DRC), [...]

    Published On: March 1, 20064.4 min read872 words
  • The mother of a young girl who cannot walk, talk, or see has been ordered by education chiefs to send her daughter to [...]

    Published On: February 1, 20064 min read791 words
  • 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 [...]

    Published On: January 1, 20063.2 min read642 words
  • 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 words
  • The 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 words
  • 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 [...]

    Published On: October 1, 20054.8 min read959 words
  • 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 [...]

    Published On: September 1, 20052.2 min read438 words
  • A 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 words
  • One 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 words
  • Baroness 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 words
  • Minority 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 words
  • Parents 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 words
  • A 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 words
  • 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 [...]

    Published On: February 1, 20053.8 min read760 words
  • Special 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 words
  • Baroness 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
  • Leicestershire Centre for Integrated Living (LCIL) has been successful in securing funding for a project called Count Us In, and the team is [...]

    Published On: December 1, 20042.9 min read582 words
  • The findings of the first in-depth look at inclusion since legal reforms made it easier for disabled children to join mainstream emerged as [...]

    Published On: December 1, 20047.4 min read1472 words
  • Mill Hill High School has become the first mainstream school in Barnet to admit blind students and has set up the borough's first [...]

    Published On: November 1, 20042.9 min read586 words
  • Parents desperate to save a special education centre from closure have won a partial victory. A decision about the future of The Cheyne [...]

    Published On: October 1, 20044 min read800 words
  • Schoolchildren with epilepsy could be given extra support in the classroom thanks to a team of specialist teachers. The highly trained staff would [...]

    Published On: September 1, 20042.8 min read569 words
  • Disabled children could be removed from mainstream schools and educated in segregated establishments for children with special needs under a Tory government. The [...]

    Published On: August 1, 20042.5 min read492 words
  • Heidi Crowther, nine, is proving a shining example to all at Mount Nod Primary School, Coventry. Heidi has Down's Syndrome but unlike many [...]

    Published On: July 1, 20044 min read794 words
  • Liam Thompson has missed almost a year of school after Liverpool education officials refused to give him a mainstream place. Liam, 8, has [...]

    Published On: June 1, 20044.9 min read970 words
  • Campaigners opposed to the exclusion of pupils for anti-social behaviour in and out of school are attempting to form a 'mass movement' to [...]

    Published On: May 1, 20044.7 min read932 words
  • The head of Scotland's deaf school has revealed that pupils are losing out because teachers can not communicate fluently in sign language. Janet [...]

    Published On: April 1, 20045.9 min read1186 words
  • Education technology is making learning easier and more enjoyable for children with special needs. Now that the law insists that mainstream schools embrace [...]

    Published On: March 1, 20044.3 min read850 words
  • Government plans for special needs education have been blasted by a charity devoted to inclusive schooling. The way special needs children are taught [...]

    Published On: February 1, 20046.5 min read1293 words
  • An education pack produced by the Down's Syndrome Association has won a national award. The pack was named winner of the Books for [...]

    Published On: January 1, 20046.6 min read1326 words
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • It was year of progress for inclusion as Government made more money available for improving access to mainstream schools and local education authorities [...]

    Published On: December 31, 20027.3 min read1465 words
  • The head teacher and a governor of a leading city special school have joined forces with a local MP to question Government plans [...]

    Published On: December 1, 20027.4 min read1471 words
  • An education think tank has attacked the Government over its failure to take a tougher line with local education authorities that place a [...]

    Published On: November 1, 20025.3 min read1061 words
  • Every school and nursery in Inverclyde will have to build disabled access for children with special needs, the Scottish Executive announced today. Education [...]

    Published On: October 1, 20024.9 min read984 words
  • The Centre for Studies on Inclusive Education is to hold an Inclusion Week from November 11 to 15. Schools, colleges and universities are [...]

    Published On: September 1, 20025.1 min read1010 words
  • Special schools across Lancashire could be facing the axe in the latest round of county council cuts. The end of the summer holidays [...]

    Published On: August 1, 20023.2 min read641 words
  • A new £70 million boost to improve facilities and access for disabled pupils in mainstream schools has been announced by the Government. This [...]

    Published On: July 1, 20026.3 min read1259 words
  • To celebrate its 20th anniversary, the Centre for Studies on Inclusive Education is organising Inclusion Week from November 11--15. It is encouraging schools [...]

    Published On: June 1, 20024.2 min read843 words
  • According to the authors of a report on inclusive education in East Lothian, Paul Hamill and Brian Boyd, one of the key challenges [...]

    Published On: May 1, 20024.3 min read852 words
  • Teachers have called for new powers to identify potentially violent pupils and for a new offence of attacking a public service worker. Members [...]

    Published On: April 1, 20024.6 min read920 words
  • Parents and teachers are far from unanimous over the best way to shake up special education in Rochdale. Their differing views were aired [...]

    Published On: March 1, 20023.6 min read715 words
  • 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 [...]

    Published On: February 1, 20023.7 min read730 words
  • The Northern Ireland Department of Education is to be pressed by Newry and Mourne Council to introduce sign language as part of the [...]

    Published On: January 1, 20024.5 min read890 words
  • A new book aims to help teachers support autistic children in mainstream. Teaching Young Children with Autistic Spectrum Disorders to Learn is written [...]

    Published On: December 1, 20013.2 min read636 words
  • In line with Government policy, Local Education Authorities continued to announce proposals for developing inclusion. LEAs announcing special needs restructuring plans in 2001 [...]

    Published On: December 1, 20017.2 min read1436 words
  • A disabled teenager was left an answerphone message saying she could not start her university studies -- four days before the course was [...]

    Published On: November 1, 20015.3 min read1057 words
  • Schools need to pay more than lip service to plans aimed at integrating special needs children into mainstream, an autistic group has claimed. [...]

    Published On: October 1, 20014.5 min read905 words
  • A new report by the disability charity Scope, That Kind of Life, reveals that disabled young people with high support needs are still [...]

    Published On: September 1, 20012.8 min read565 words
  • The Taoiseach and Tanaiste were last night urged to meet representatives of people with disabilities in a bid to prepare a Disabilities Bill. [...]

    Published On: August 1, 20013.3 min read650 words
  • The Special Educational Needs and Disability Act, passed in May 2001, provides new protection for disabled pupils against discrimination. From 2002 there will [...]

    Published On: July 1, 20015.2 min read1049 words
  • 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 [...]

    Published On: June 1, 20014.5 min read893 words
  • A new report from the Department of Education and Employment, the National Union of Teachers and Scope shows that all pupils -- not [...]

    Published On: May 1, 20017 min read1402 words
  • In his new role as journalist for the Daily Telegraph, former Ofsted chief Chris Woodhead, has criticised the way the Labour Government is [...]

    Published On: April 1, 20016.1 min read1225 words
  • Proposals to bring the education system within a disability rights framework, announced in the Queen's speech, were warmly welcomed by the Disability Rights [...]

    Published On: March 1, 20016.1 min read1219 words
  • Consultations about integrating pupils with special needs into mainstream schools throughout North Tyneside have been met with a huge response. Such has been [...]

    Published On: February 1, 20015.7 min read1144 words
  • Special schools face a fall in numbers if proposals by North Tyneside Council to integrate children with special needs into mainstream schools go [...]

    Published On: January 1, 20013.5 min read704 words
  • 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 words
  • NUT 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 words
  • Campaigners 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 words
  • 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. [...]

    Published On: September 1, 20004.4 min read886 words
  • 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 [...]

    Published On: August 1, 20003.3 min read653 words
  • The 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 words
  • County 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 words
  • Bullying 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 words
  • The 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 words
  • Schools 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 words
  • Braithwaite 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
  • 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 [...]

    Published On: December 31, 19993.7 min read730 words
  • 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 [...]

    Published On: December 1, 19993.7 min read739 words
  • 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 [...]

    Published On: November 1, 19995.1 min read1023 words
  • Horton Lodge Community Special School, Rudyard, Cheshire, is hosting a pioneering course aimed at helping teachers support children with physical difficulties in mainstream [...]

    Published On: October 1, 19994.8 min read969 words
  • When James Cope was two years old consultants told his parents that he would never be able to walk, talk or do anything [...]

    Published On: September 1, 19995.3 min read1064 words
  • Governors and head teachers are giving plans to integrate more Gloucestershire children with special needs into mainstream schools a favourable response, it has [...]

    Published On: July 1, 19994.7 min read936 words
  • Consultation on revived plans for a shake up of special schools in County Durham will begin next week. Durham County Council education chiefs [...]

    Published On: June 1, 19993.4 min read672 words
  • The Association of Teacher and Lecturers meeting in Harrogate, West Yorkshire, called for all staff to be given specialist training to control violent [...]

    Published On: April 1, 19994.3 min read857 words
  • Two special schools in Darlington are trying to find the cash to go ahead with a joint bid to gain technology college status. [...]

    Published On: March 1, 19995.5 min read1102 words
  • An increasing number of special needs children could be integrated in mainstream schools as Wigan pilots a new government initiative. The authority has [...]

    Published On: January 1, 19995.3 min read1067 words
  • 1998 was a year when stronger positions were taken on inclusion as an increasing number of education authorities took steps to support more [...]

    Published On: December 31, 19982.7 min read531 words
  • 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 [...]

    Published On: December 1, 19981.8 min read361 words
  • 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 [...]

    Published On: November 1, 19984.6 min read918 words
  • More Reading schoolchildren with special needs could have the chance to attend mainstream schools thanks to a new council scheme. Council members last [...]

    Published On: October 1, 19983.8 min read759 words
  • 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 [...]

    Published On: September 1, 19981.9 min read378 words
  • The former headmaster of Sunderland's Barbara Priestman Special School which is threatened with closure claims the school is 'unique'. He says that during [...]

    Published On: August 1, 19982 min read401 words
  • A London Borough is reversing the tide of rising exclusions by closing its special schools and behaviour support centre. Instead, unruly children in [...]

    Published On: July 1, 19982.3 min read465 words
  • 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 [...]

    Published On: June 1, 19982.7 min read534 words
  • A Northumberland mother is so pleased with the way her disabled son has been supported in his primary school that she has recommended [...]

    Published On: May 1, 19982.8 min read557 words
  • 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 [...]

    Published On: April 1, 19982.7 min read546 words
  • Kingston upon Hull's Education Committee has agreed the controversial closure of Derringham Special School. Councillors have assured parents who oppose the closure that [...]

    Published On: March 1, 19982.4 min read480 words
  • A collection of stories about the lives of families with a disabled child has sold nearly 1,500 copies and now the group behind [...]

    Published On: February 1, 19982.1 min read420 words
  • The mother of a boy who has Down's Syndrome is ready to go to prison rather than send him to a special school [...]

    Published On: January 1, 19982.1 min read428 words
  • 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
  • Parents in Lambeth say autistic children are being hawked around the borough's schools because of lack of adequate resources. They told Lambeth Education [...]

    Published On: December 1, 19961.8 min read357 words
  • The Yarmouth Branch of the Norfolk Autistic Society is calling for action to provide specialist care for young people with autism. Co-organiser, Helen [...]

    Published On: November 1, 19961.9 min read381 words
  • Pete and Wendy Crane with their son Niki and educational psychologist John Kenworthy staged a 'teach-in' outside the gates of the mainstream school [...]

    Published On: October 1, 19962.7 min read541 words
  • A Tyneside family fighting for their disabled daughter to be allowed go to a mainstream school say they will not give up. Today [...]

    Published On: September 1, 19963.4 min read683 words
  • At a Commons Health Select Committee meeting, Tory MP David Congdon said there was a risk that some disabled children might not be [...]

    Published On: August 1, 19962.7 min read539 words
  • 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 [...]

    Published On: July 1, 19965 min read1004 words
  • Hereford and Worcester Education Service is considering plans to extend links between special and mainstream schools in the county. Margaret Davis, assistant educational [...]

    Published On: June 1, 19961.3 min read252 words
  • Special needs teachers working with children in mainstream schools in Liverpool have threatened to strike over plans to cut jobs. They fear mainstream [...]

    Published On: May 1, 19965.2 min read1030 words
  • Speaking at the annual conference of the NASUWT in Glasgow, union leader Nigel de Gruchy blames the closure of special schools for the [...]

    Published On: April 1, 19963.9 min read770 words
  • 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 [...]

    Published On: March 1, 19963.6 min read729 words
  • Peter Howlett, of Portsmouth Cerebral Palsy Association, an ex-teacher, says that integration invariably works well if schools are enthusiastic about it and are [...]

    Published On: February 25, 19964.8 min read956 words
  • 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 [...]

    Published On: January 1, 19962.6 min read524 words
  • One in every 25 children attending Doncaster schools is thought to be in need of special teaching help Education officials have revealed that [...]

    Published On: December 1, 19950.9 min read179 words
  • The mother of eight-year-old Martin Willis expresses concern that she will be called in "unnecessarily " to take her deaf son home if [...]

    Published On: November 1, 19952.7 min read543 words
  • Two thirds of Nottingham parents of children with special educational needs are "very satisfied" with the decision to move them to a mainstream [...]

    Published On: October 1, 19951.8 min read352 words
  • 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 [...]

    Published On: September 1, 19952.1 min read412 words
  • John Kenworthy, a clinical psychologist, and Joe Whittaker, a higher education lecturer, face prison sentences in their fight to win mainstream school places [...]

    Published On: August 1, 19952.1 min read428 words
  • Preethi Manuel, fighting for a mainstream school place for her daughter Zahrah who has cerebral palsy, has finally won her battle. Ms. Manuel [...]

    Published On: July 1, 19952.5 min read494 words
  • Beverley Flitton and Caroline Frizzell, whose Down's Syndrome children attend mainstream schools, are organising a conference in Enfield, London, to give parents and [...]

    Published On: June 1, 19953.4 min read683 words
  • The new Special Needs Tribunal receives more than 500 appeals in the first six months and disposes of about 50 cases. Education, May [...]

    Published On: May 1, 19952.8 min read567 words
  • A London conference organised by Save the Children and Integration Alliance heard that widespread integration of disabled children into mainstream schools would be [...]

    Published On: April 1, 19951.6 min read320 words
  • A new policy on disability published by the Educational Institute of Scotland says disabled children often face discrimination because of badly designed school [...]

    Published On: March 1, 19951.7 min read338 words
  • Mrs. Beverley Doyle decides to keep her daughter Ashlee out of school after Solihull Council say she must leave a unit for children [...]

    Published On: February 1, 19951.1 min read225 words
  • Great Barr Primary School, Birmingham, is praised by school inspectors for its success in integrating children with physical disabilities.The inspectors' report said pupils [...]

    Published On: January 1, 19952.2 min read439 words