How integrating therapies and education is driving innovation and inclusion for our disabled students

by Tracy Gillett, Director of Education, Condover College Today is the final article in our series looking at the best of Post-16 SEND education innovation, featuring winners of the Natspec …

19.5% pupils with SEND, but don’t believe the hype: Most are still educated in mainstream schools

Last last week, the Department for Education (DfE) published its annual statistics on special educational needs in England. If there are specific things you want to find out, then the …

Research informs policy: Bringing the lives of people with profound learning disabilities into the academic space

Recently, an article I have co-written, The emotional wellbeing of students with profound intellectual disabilities and those who work with them: a relational reading, was published in the journal Disability …

Should we ‘mind the gap’ of disabled pupils’ attainment? Or is it really an indictment of how success is measured?

Are we missing the point when looking at the so-called “attainment gap” in academic achievement of some disabled pupils? A recent article in the Guardian (19 September 2024), reported an …