Great Barr Primary School, Birmingham, is praised by school inspectors for its success in integrating children with physical disabilities.The inspectors’ report said pupils coped well, were motivated and suitably challenged.
Sutton Coldfield News, January 13, 1995.

Eleven-year-old Joanne Stamps settles in well at East Bridgewater Community School after a fight for her to continue her education with her friends. Family and friends who have been supporting Joanne helped her raise half the cost of a specially designed wheel-chair which can negotiate stairs. The school Governors agreed to loan £2,000 towards the outstanding cost.
Bridgewater Mercury, January 17, 1995.

Six-year-old Leanna Horne’s parents were told she should go to a special school but decided to aim for mainstream. According to her mother it wasn’t easy but once people saw beyond her disability they accepted her. She says Leanna “is doing most of the things any other six-year-old does only in smaller steps”.
Woman’s Realm, January 24, 1995.

Staff and pupils at St. Margaret’s County Primary School in Torquay are learning sign language as part of an effort to make children with hearing difficulties feel more part of school life.
Herald Express, January 21, 1995.

A public fund is set up to raise money to install a lift at Ludlow School, Worcester, so that Kieron Seaborne can go there with his friends. The Town Council has donated £200 as a pump primer. It claims the attitude of the County Council, which says it can’t afford a lift, is a “little inflexible”. Coun. Alan Middleton said Kieron’s case should be seen as a catalyst for change since there were four other children in the town who one day would be needing the same facilities. He argued that it was unfair that government policy encouraged choice in schools for able-bodied children but not for disabled children.
Ludlow Advertiser, January 26, 1995.

Ealing Council’s special educational needs panel decides that seven-year-old Andrew Patterson can continue to receive welfare help in the mainstream. His mother who intends to take legal action to recover costs she has run up fighting for Andrew, says many other children still face cuts in mainstream support. Ealing Council denies that any cuts have been made to the special needs budget. Earlier it sent letters to 30 families proposing to cut special needs support, but later withdrew all the letters saying they were a “mistake”.
Ealing Gazette, January 27, 1995.

A report by The Association of Metropolitan Authorities says schools are expelling disruptive pupils to safeguard their reputation or position in school league tables. The association said head teachers had reduced their “tolerance threshold” for bad behaviour because competition for pupils and funding was increasingly intense in the new education market place.
The Times, January 31, 1995.