Inclusion Now 66

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Editorial

Welcome to Inclusion Now 66, with inclusive education news for summer 2023. By Catherine Bebbington, ALLFIE Communications Officer

Monega Primary: ‘Inclusion is our core value’

In May this year, Richard Rieser visited Monega Primary School in the London Borough of Newham. The school’s vision and ethos statements is: ‘A happy, inclusive, caring school, where every child matters’. Our approach encourages all children to be enthusiastic lifelong learners.’

SEND and Alternative Provision Improvement Plan: Right Kind of Pupil, Right Place, Right Price.

By Sharon Smith, Parent and PhD researcher

How Inclusive Education Developed in Newham

The following is an interview with Linda Jordan (LJ), Teacher and Parent, conducted by Richard Rieser (RR).

Inclusive Solutions: “Don’t defend inclusion, make them defend segregation”

Maresa Mackeith interviews Derek Wilson and Colin Newton from Inclusive Solutions

Ofsted emphasis on ‘improving’ school standards undermines inclusion

Inclusive schools, like Melody Powell’s previous one, are downgraded because they don’t meet traditional tick boxes. Melody and ALLFIE’s Michelle Daley highlight school intake discrimination.

Intersectional approaches to inclusive education under UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

By Maresa Mackeith and Michelle Daley

A Creative Exploration aimed at Young Disabled People across the UK

A new initiative, organised by UK Disability History Month, is now open for entries.

Legal Question

This legal question was posed by Navin Kikabhai (ALLFIE) and answered by Victoria Higgins from Simpson Millar

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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.