CSIE has submitted its evidence to Parliament’s Education and Skills Select Committee’s Inquiry into Special Educational Needs. The evidence covers:

  • inclusive education as a pressing human rights concern
  • statistical evidence of variations between LEAs in effecting inclusive education and of poor overall progress towards inclusion
  • positive developments in inclusive education
  • the damage caused by segregating pupils into ‘special’ schools
  • children and young people’s views supporting inclusive education
  • problems with the concept and definition of ‘special educational needs’

CSIE memorandum submitted to the Select Committee on Education and Skills