Tories seek to end inclusion of students with disabilities

Britain’s Conservative Party wants to see an end to the government’s policy of including children with special needs in mainstream schools, a party working group has recommended. Officials said children should be returned to “special schools” to restore parent confidence and provide better service to vulnerable students.

Said Sir Bob Balchin, the committee’s chair:

“The government’s policy of ‘inclusion’ - closing special schools and sending large numbers of children with special education needs to mainstream schools - has caused great distress.

“This is why we need to recreate many more special school places. Many parents of special needs children have lost confidence in the statementing process and our policies aim to put this right.”