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January 2020 Briefing: Day of Action, new Government plans and Manifesto

The new year brings opportunities for our supporters to get involved in our work. As we prepare for our Day of Action on 23rd January, ALLFIE urges you to help us engage the new Government and MPs to get inclusive education on the agenda.

Inclusive education election guide

ALLFIE sets out their six manifesto demands for inclusive education and Disability human rights alongside key findings from the four main political party manifestos.

Education Committee SEND report

Dr Armineh Soorenian reports on the House of Commons Education Committee’s first report into SEND for 2019-20

National Audit Office report on SEN support in mainstream

Schools incentivised “to be less inclusive, by making them reluctant to admit or keep pupils with SEND who can be costly to support.” ALLFIE researcher Armineh Soorenian looks at the recent National Audit Office report.

Families lose SEND funding crisis case

ALLFIE’s Interim Director on the implications of this landmark court case

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Ofsted’s education inspection framework

ALLFIE responded to the consultation. Are the proposals style over substance?

UN Conference on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

ALLFIE’s Interim Director, Michelle Daley, went to the Conference of States Parties on the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. As well as an important event, this proved to be a fascinating and worthwhile one – with a wheelchair protest.

ALLFIE supports SEND Action court case – report

ALLFIE went along to the High Court on the 26th and 27th June to back the claim of three families with disabled children that government SEND funding cuts are unlawful and discriminatory.

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Report on the SEND National Crisis march

On 30th May we went on the SEND National Crisis march along with parents, children and other campaigners. Michelle Daley reports back.

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Don’t shut Disabled people out of mainstream education

May 2019 Briefing: March, Court Case and Day of Action

There are lots of opportunities coming up for you to get involved in our work as we prepare for the National SEND Crisis March on 30th May, a court case on 26th & 27th June (Disabled Children v Secretary of State for Education) and the National Day of Action against Disability Discrimination in Education on 4th December.

Disabled children v Secretary of State for Education and Chancellor of the Exchequer

ALLFIE will be attending this important court case on Wednesday 26th and Thursday 27th June. Put it in your diaries – come and join us from 9am onwards and show your support for disabled children and their families as they fight for proper support.

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ALLFIE’s campaign for Inclusive Education as a human right is backed by funders and donors who reject the systemic segregation of Disabled people from society.