Coronavirus (COVID-19)

ALLFIE continues to challenge measures which disrupt Disabled people’s rights to education, including government’s COVID-19 legislation, which raises concerns for Disabled learners in mainstream education. This page covers:

• Coronavirus (COVID-19) Briefings
• Coronavirus (COVID-19) Submissions

ALLFIE’s Coronavirus (COVID-19) Briefings

• July  Inclusive Education newsletter – summer
  Welcome to our summer campaigns news
• May  Queen’s Speech 2021 Briefing
  Inclusive education and COVID-19 recovery
• April  COVID-19 Inclusive Education guide
  ALLFIE co-produced this guide to help Disabled students and their families navigate mainstream education during the Covid-19 pandemic.
• March  Restore Disabled People’s Rights: Letter to the Secretary of State for Education
  Our joint letter to the Education Minister, urging him to lift Children and Families Act easements (under the Coronavirus Act), for Disabled children and Young people.
• March  Restoring Disabled People’s Rights: Coronavirus ‘Protect Everyone’ Bill
  The ‘Protect Everyone’ Bill – please write to your MP ahead of the Bill debate.
• February  February 2021: Inclusive Education Briefing
  Coronavirus and Disabled learners: ALLFIE’s 2021 campaign news.
• December  ALLFIE’s December Inclusive Education Newsletter
  COVID-19 campaign news, including ALLFIE’s SEND All Party Parliamentary Group submission
• November  Providing Remote Education for Disabled Pupils
  An update and Call to Action: Please complete ALLFIE’s survey on ‘Providing Remote Education for Disabled Pupils’.
• October  Coronavirus Vital Education, Training and Childcare Provisions: Remote Education
  A legal update, plus temporary Government directions around remote education, training and childcare provisions
• September Restore the Education Rights of Disabled People
  Support our campaign to restore disabled people’s rights and scrap Coronavirus Act easements once and for all! A call to action and briefing ahead of the House of Commons debate.
• August   ALLFIE Survey Report: Coronavirus Impact on Disabled People’s Education
  Findings of our Inclusive Education Survey into the education impact for Disabled pupils and students during lockdown.
• July     ALLFIE Coronavirus (COVID-19) Update
  Important changes to the Children and Families Act 2014; Education, Health and Care (EHC) needs assessments and plans; Schools Admissions Code consultation.
• June   Covid-19 and Disabled Peoples’ Education Update
  Further changes in education for Disabled pupils and students; Newly published Government guidance on schools re-opening; ALLFIE’s position plus how to help us and have your say.
• May    Covid-19 and Inclusive Education
  Further changes to UK Government legislation and their impact on Disabled people’s education, plus what ALLFIE is doing to avoid greater gaps in education emerging between Disabled and non-disabled people as a result.
• April   Coronavirus Act 2020 and Disabled Learners
  The UK Government’s emergency legislation including what the Coronavirus Act 2020 is, what it means for Disabled learners, and what you can do – a call to action.
• March 2020 Coronavirus and Disabled People’s Education
  UK Coronavirus Bill, what action ALLFIE is taking and what you can do.
• March 2020 Coronavirus Bill Debate 23 March 2020

ALLFIE Coronavirus (COVID-19) Submissions

1. Education Committee Inquiry: Impact of COVID-19 on Education and Children’s Services
2. Joint Committee on Human Rights Inquiry on The Government’s Response to COVID-19: Human Rights Implications
3. Women and Equalities Committee Inquiry: Unequal impact? Coronavirus, disability and access to services
4. Children’s Commissioner for England: Covid-19 and Disabled Children’s Education