Political turnabout
"The most vulnerable children deserve the very highest quality of care, so we will call a moratorium on the ideologically-driven closure of special schools. We will end the bias towards the inclusion of children with special needs in mainstream schools."
The Conservative manifesto, about children with disabilities and SEN
“Their policy is to reverse the bias in favour of the inclusion of disabled children in mainstream schools. Which is a disaster. Their policy is anti inclusion.”
Tara Flood, chief executive of The Alliance for Inclusive Education
The video discusses the views od parents, politicians, charity workers and campaigners, on the different impact the old government has had had on the inclusion of children with disabilities and special education needs, creating a "jump point" for the new government which by now has no official policy on inclusion yet.
