Inclusion Now 71 | Spring 2025

Welcome to the latest edition of Inclusion Now magazine, inclusive education news including the National Curriculum and Assessment review, exposing abuse in a BBC documentary, government language and more.

Inclusion Now 71 cover, featuring Dr Edmore Masendeke.

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Editorial

Welcome to Inclusion Now 71, inclusive education news for spring 2025.

Changing the National Curriculum and Assessment System for Social Justice

By Dr Edmore Masendeke, ALLFIE’s Policy and Research Lead

George Tappenden: “No just isn’t an option”

Richard Rieser met George Tappenden, a Young Disabled campaigner, at the highlighting event for winners of the National Equality and Diversity Awards. Kent County Council wanted George to go to a special school, but he and his Mum fought for him to be in mainstream education.

Reforming the Curriculum Must Start with those Currently Excluded

Sharon Smith, Mother and Researcher, highlights key issues for parents in UK curriculum and assessment reform.

Exposing Abuse: The BBC School Prison Cells Documentary and the Fight for Inclusive Education

By Iyiola Olafimihan (ALLFIE Justice and Campaigns Lead), Linda Jordan (Inclusion Now Editorial Board member), and Maresa MacKeith (ALLFIE Youth Parliamentary Co-lead).

Government Language Clouds the Definition of Inclusive Education

ALLFIE’s Our Voice project Co-Lead, Yewande Akintelu-Omoniyi, examines how the Labour government’s introduction of the language “mainstream inclusivity” is a distraction from Inclusive Education as a human right and social justice issue.

The Intersection of the Cost of Living, the Curriculum and Inclusion

By Lani Parker, ALLFIE’s Capacity building Lead

The Curriculum and Assessment Review: A Disability Rights Perspective

Dr Richard Rieser OBE’s take on the government’s curriculum review from the perspective of UK law and United Nations convention. Richard is CEO of World of Inclusion, Coordinator of UK Disability History Month, and General Secretary of the Commonwealth Disabled People’s Forum.

Legal Question

This Legal Question was posed by ALLFIE’s Michelle Daley and answered by Dan Rosenberg and Mia Cappabianca, Simpson Millar Solicitors.

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