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A guide to help schools ensure everyone is safe, included and learning (2016)
A succinct and user-friendly toolkit to help schools address prejudice, reduce bullying and promote equality holistically. Created with schools for schools, the toolkit is sponsored by NASUWT, the teachers’ union, and has won an Innovative Practice Award 2016 from the Zero Project, for a world with zero barriers. “Equality: Making It Happen” is relevant to children and staff in primary and secondary schools and engages the whole school community, placing pupils at the heart of protecting children’s rights in school. It is made up of user-friendly reference cards which offer: key information, practical advice, suggested activities, examples of good practice, equality audit tools and links to further information and support, including lesson plans. ISBN: 978 1 872001 83 8 -
This report presents school placement trends (i.e. the proportion of children placed in special schools or other separate settings) from 2014 to 2017 for each local authority in England. It is the most recent issue in the ongoing (since 1988) CSIE series on school placement Trends. Download full report Download the summary leaflet Explore the interactive map, LA rankings and more information -
Report from our small-scale study into disabled students’ experiences, commissioned by the University of Bristol and undertaken in collaboration with Dr Dave Bainton, Research Fellow at the University of Bristol. Download report -
This practical and accessible guide has been developed by CSIE in collaboration with primary and secondary schools. User-friendly reference cards, organised around equality strands and around aspects of everyday school life, offer succinct, practical advice and suggested activities; examples of good practice; and sources of further information and support. ISBN: 978 1 872001 78 4 -
An animated story of how schooling for disabled children, or those identified as having "special educational needs", has evolved over time. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XO0sJEbNo-s -
This leaflet outlines the philosophy underpinning our work and describes CSIE activities and the services we offer. Download PDF -
Written for busy school practitioners, this guide clearly outlines current legal duties and provides a practical framework for writing and reviewing your school’s single equality policy. Over and above offering help to complete a paper exercise, the guide invites schools to explore their position on a range of equality issues, articulate their commitment to equality and develop more inclusive provision by actively seeking equality for all, particularly those at risk of discrimination or marginalization. -
The Welcome Workbook is a practical resource for people working in local authorities who want to see an increase in the number of children fulfilling their right to mainstream education. By providing a clear self-review framework, The Welcome Workbook enables local authorities to audit their existing processes and map a route towards more inclusive provision for a greater number of children and young people, with positive benefits for all. -
Information leaflet on Article 24 (Education) of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (2006) which emphasizes disabled children's rights to an inclusive education. The leaflet also offers information on the Convention's relevance to UK schools, relevant UK legislation and guidance, and a range of useful resources. The leaflet opens up to an A2-sized poster designed to be displayed in schools. Download PDF -
Two colour posters (A4 size) - photographs of inclusion, with the message 'Inclusion: Human Rights and Social Justice'. Download PDF -
All LEAs in England are ranked according to their placement of pupils with statements of special educational needs in special schools and other segregated settings. Disturbing local variations in segregation are revealed along with very little progress towards inclusion during the three year period. Essential reading for LEAs, schools, teacher trainers, voluntary organisations, parents, governors and students. ISBN: 1 872001 48 3 -
This report, written by Sharon Rustemier and Tony Booth, examines the many different ways the CSIE Index for Inclusion has been used by Primary and Secondary schools and by LEAs in England. Using examples and case studies, the report illustrates the positive impact the Index can have on the inclusive development of school cultures, policies and practices. RRP: £16.00 ISBN: 1 872001 53 X -
A look at the evidence and the reasons why, whatever the degree of interaction with mainstream schools, special schools are necessarily segregating institutions. Dr Sharon Rustemier's report draws on the substantial bodies of educational and social psychological evidence to illustrate the damage of this segregation and its links with stigma, stereotyping, prejudice and discrimination. -
Five pages of references that support the leaflet, 'Reasons against segregated schooling'. Download pdf -
This A4 leaflet outlines the key reasons against segregated special schooling for disabled children. Download PDF -
This is the story of the continuing education and life of Kirsty Arrondelle, a young woman who enjoys membership of many groups in her local community, both within and outside of formal education. She also has Down's syndrome. This report, by Dr Sharon Rustemier, documents Kirsty's social and educational inclusion in adult life and links this with her parents' struggle to secure mainstream education for their daughter. RRP: £10.00 ISBN: 1 872001 38 6 -
This report by Dr Sharon Rustemier puts forward the substantial and persuasive international human rights principles supporting inclusive education. It reveals a catalogue of uncomfortable facts about segregated education in the UK and challenges traditional assumptions sustaining segregation. RRP: £8.00 ISBN: 1 872001 15 7 -
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The Index for Inclusion, written by Tony Booth and Mel Ainscow, is a major publication from CSIE to help guide schools through a process of inclusive school development. It encourages the widest scrutiny of school life and involves a self-review of a school's cultures, policies and practices. Through a deep exploration, barriers to learning and participation are identified, priorities for development are determined and plans are put into practice to help build supportive communities which foster high achievement for all students. -
This is an account of the successful development and growth of the inclusive education service in the London Borough of Newham over 1984-2002. The authors, Linda Jordan and Chris Goodey, were among leading figures in the change towards inclusion. RRP: £10.00 ISBN: 1 872001 25 4 -
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This statistical report gives up-to-date league tables of all the highest and lowest segregating LEAs across England in 2001. Written for CSIE from Government data by Prof Brahm Norwich, University of Exeter. -
Drawn up by CSIE in 1989 and now signed by a growing number of organisations, LEAs, Trade Unions, MPs and Peers. This six-point Charter calls for the phasing out of special schools for educational and human rights reasons and includes a revised explanatory back-up paper. Download pdf Inclusion Charter pdf -
Colour A4 poster outlining arguments supporting the inclusion of disabled children in mainstream schools. Download PDF here
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