Fifty years of Disabled children and young people being used as pawns in an ideological battle

By Linda Jordan, Teacher and Parent

The SEND Review: New hope or a further segregation story?

Campaign news from Amelia McLoughlan, ALLFIE’s Campaigns and Policy Coordinator

Review: Essential Insights from a leading thinker of the Inclusion Movement

By Richard Rieser, World of Inclusion

Legal Question

This Legal Question was posed by Joe Whittaker and answered by Emily Chalk, Simpson Millar Solicitors

Inclusion Now 65 | Spring 2023

Welcome to the latest edition of Inclusion Now magazine, inclusive education news including: a tribute to Joe Whittaker, Visit to Pyrcroft Grange School, SEND Review, History of the movement, and more.

A tribute to Joe Whittaker

Rest in power dearest Joe, ALLFIE team

Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) and Alternative Provision (AP) Improvement Plan: Headlines

Today, the Department for Education published the Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) and Alternative Provision (AP) Improvement Plan: Right Support, Right Place, Right Time. ALLFIE will publish a detailed response shorty, but in the meantime have pulled out 3 key areas which concern us greatly.

SEND Review Consultation Submission: Right support, right place, right time

ALLFIE’s response to the Government’s SEND Review Green Paper

Letter to Robin Walker MP, Chair of the Education Select Committee

ALLFIE’s letter to the the Education Committee Chair regarding the importance of inclusive education and our concerns with the current education system, including the absence of a fully implemented Article 24 (on inclusive education) of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD).

Letter to Claire Coutinho MP, Minister for Children, Families and Wellbeing

ALLFIE’s letter to the Minister for Children, Families and Wellbeing regarding the importance of inclusive education and our concerns with the current education system, including the absence of a fully implemented Article 24 (on inclusive education) of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD).

Letter to Gillian Keegan MP, Secretary of State for Education 

ALLFIE’s letter to the Education Minister regarding the importance of inclusive education and our concerns with the current education system, including the absence of a fully implemented Article 24 (on inclusive education) of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD).

London Borough U-turn on Inclusive Education

December briefing: ALLFIE’s response to the London Borough of Newham’s plan to open a new segregated school, plus a call to action!