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ALLFIE Briefing March 2020

On 23rd January ALLFIE held a Day of Action in London’s Westminster. The day comprised three events designed to push inclusive education onto the Government agenda and highlight its failure to properly support and resource mainstream education for all Disabled pupils and students.

ALLFIE asks, how will the Labour Party’s prospective new leadership support inclusive education?

Ahead of our launch event at the 23rd January at the Supreme Court in Parliament Square, ALLFIE Researcher and Accessibility Plans report author Dr Armineh Soorenian discusses some key findings

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

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 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.