It was International Down Syndrome awareness day on 21 March 2017. To help raise awareness, we are writing a series of articles about Down Syndrome and education. Today we are looking to education through to adulthood. In a week where Kathleen...
It is international Down syndrome awareness day on 21 March 2017. To help raise awareness, we are writing a series of articles about Down syndrome and education. Today we are discussing secondary and further education for children and young adults with Down...
It is international Down syndrome awareness day on 21 March 2017. To help raise awareness, we are writing a series of articles about Down syndrome and education. Today we are exploring early years and primary school education for children with Down...
It is international Down syndrome awareness day on 21 March 2017. To help raise awareness, we are writing a series of articles about Down syndrome and education. Today we are looking at the common educational characteristics of a child with Down...
It is international Down syndrome awareness day on 21 March 2017. To help raise awareness, we are writing a series of articles about Down syndrome and education. Children with Down syndrome were not always entitled to an education. We are looking back...
So says the findings of a GL Assessment report out today, 24 February 2017, ‘Hooked on labels not on needs’. The survey polled 810 teachers from 19 January to 1 February 2017. In summary, the findings are: 57% of teachers in the survey think...
Personal budgets and direct payments are a way that individuals can manage their own care and support. There is an increasing drive by the government in recent years to promote it. It has been around in social care for a while but is relatively new in the...
The Minister for Vulnerable Children and Families Edward Timpson Department for Education (DfE) is commissioning a review to investigate the experiences and outcomes of children and young people (CYP) in residential special schools and colleges. Dame...
Over the last few years, there have been regular news articles about cuts to school transport. This has taken the form of reducing number of school buses, terminating services entirely and increasing the amount parents have been asked to contribute. ...
On the 3 rd November Laxmi Patel , Head of Education at Boyes Turner, was invited to be a guest speaker at the Westminster Education Forum in London. The Westminster Education Forum is an opportunity for interested parties across the Education...
