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Special needs children are being failed | Letters

Posted on October 26, 2019 by Peter Paul

This is the most damning select committee report I’ve ever read (Children with special needs plunged into ‘nightmare of bureaucracy’, 23 October). Line after line, it shows that the education system for disabled children is completely broken. Parents are forced to become protesters, lawyers and bureaucrats to stand any sort of chance of getting the…

Funding cuts take toll on support for visually impaired pupils

Posted on October 22, 2019 by Peter Paul

Thousands of children and young people with vision impairment (VI) are being failed because of a shortage of funds for specialist education services, research by the Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB) has found. Less than half (44%) of councils in England have either cut or frozen funding for educational support for VI children,…

The Guardian view on special educational needs: segregation is not the answer | Editorial

Posted on March 19, 2019 by Peter Paul

A showdown between parents of children with special needs and the government is coming. Three families from different parts of England have won the right to a judicial review of the funding allocated to local authorities to fulfil their obligation to educate the 253,680 young people in England with an Education, Health and Care plan…

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