Inclusion Now magazine

Inclusion Now 45 Autumn 2016

Plans for more grammar schools, a visit to Eastlea Community School in Newham, Article 24, accessing exams and more…

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Editorial

Richard Rieser reflects on the long struggle for inclusion

Making schools work for the minority at the expense of the many

Plans for more grammar schools

Article 24 – the right to inclusion

Belinda Shaw discusses developments for inclusive education at the UN

Eastlea Community School

The ALLFIE staff team visit a secondary school in Newham to see how they put inclusion into practice

Inclusion for Finn

Tara Flood talks to the parents of an Eastlea student about the challenges they faced in getting him a mainstream school place

Disability History Month

The language of disability

The Apprentice Chef

Maxime Soret tells us about his experiences of being an apprentice chef in the House of Commons

Access to the Curriculum and Exams

Teacher Marion Stanton reflects on good practice.

Segregation in Ashton-on-Mersey

Rupy Kaur has positive memories of her mainstream school, but is concerned about their current plans

Tribute to Linda Whitehead

It is with deep sadness that we have to announce the death of Linda Whitehead (1954 – 2016). She is known to many in ALLFIE and Parents for Inclusion as a very gifted trainer and indomitable fighter for all her children, including Sonny. She was taken by cancer at a much-too-young age. Our most vivid […]

Legal Question

Infant class size, and school building accessibility for parents