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SEN green paper: Government set to remove rights to inclusion

Parents will have fewer rights to have their disabled children educated in mainstream schools, according to government plans for reforming the special educational needs (SEN) system.
The green paper, Support and Aspiration: a new approach to special educational needs and disability, aims to fulfil the coalition government’s pledge to “remove the bias towards inclusion” in disabled [...]

Clegg says disabled children will be task force priority

The deputy prime minister has promised that supporting disabled children and their families will be one of the priorities of a new cross-government task force on childhood and families.
In a speech at an event organised by the charity Barnardo’s in London, Nick Clegg said the task force would be led by the prime minister, David [...]