Special Needs

The limits of inclusion

With the growing government emphasis on inclusion, the role of special schools has become marginalised in education policy. Yet for many children, inclusion in the mainstream is a route to failure.

With the growing government emphasis on inclusion, the role of special schools has become marginalised in education policy. Yet for many children, inclusion in the mainstream is a route to failure. Howard Sharron met a head teacher of a special school, who has asked to remain anonymous, to discuss three children who failed to make it in the mainstream.

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Leadership

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Special Needs

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Many reported improvements in students’ engagement, confidence and self-esteem, and some early signs of improved student performance were reported at some schools, though the general consensus among staff was that it was too early to measure the full impact upon student outcomes.Conclusions and RecommendationsIt is fair to conclude that, overall, this project has been a notable success, despite the tight time scale within which it was enacted. 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These could be accessed by secondary schools as part of their continuing professional development strategies, within a time framework perhaps more convenient to them.Further, with the ongoing development of research knowledge about inclusive teaching and learning, two literature reviews have been completed focussing on the evidence base for dyslexia-friendly classroom teaching (Kelly 2018), and whole school approaches and processes of change for inclusive practice (Griffiths 2018). 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Dyslexia

Teaching for Neurodiversity

10 Sep 2018