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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 -
Information leaflet on previous work of the Centre and the philosophy behind including children in mainstream schools. Download PDF -
This report by Linda Shaw, Co-Director CSIE, focuses on the work of learning supporters and additional adults in the mainstream classroom and covers roles, rewards, concerns and challenges from their perspective. It also sets an agenda for discussion and development. RRP: £5.00 ISBN: 1 872001 87 4 -
Report of CSIE’s 2001 national conferences in London and Manchester which aimed to provide a platform for learning supporters to express their views. The report focuses on supporters' recommendations for developing their work. Priorities for change include: pay, conditions, working with teachers, working with pupils with high level support needs, training and qualifications. Download PDF -
A very different response to the national trend for increasing disciplinary exclusions is presented in this report by Giles Barrow which describes an inclusive approach to disaffection and disruption in the London borough of Merton. RRP: £7.00 ISBN: 1 872001 57 2 -
Compiled by Linda Shaw, Co-Director, CSIE, these two audio tapes present a positive approach to training for inclusive education in ordinary schools and offer a tour of six schools presented in radio-documentary style, with a guide book and work cards. The pack gives first-hand accounts of inclusion based on experiences in schools. The 'slices of life' feature real-life examples of strategies, services and support for responding to diverse difficulties in learning. -
Special schools claim to offer appropriate educational experiences, yet this analysis shows that nearly 70 per cent failed to enter any students at all for GCSE in 1996. The report, by Prof. Gary Thomas, then at University of the West of England, lists every special school in England, the number of students in year 11 and the percentage of GCSE passes. ISBN: 1 872001 52 1 -
This report by Alison Wertheimer reflects the growing international movement calling for inclusive schools which welcome all children. Inclusion, it says, is an issue of basic human rights, and not primarily an educational or professional issue. It calls for change in the UK law to end current discrimination against disabled pupils. -
All staff, pupils and resources of Bishopswood Special School for children with severe learning difficulties in Oxfordshire have now transferred successfully to local mainstream schools. This report explains why and how the change came about and is a useful model for others. ISBN: 1 872001 04 01 -
There are no special schools in the two parts of Canada described in this report by Linda Shaw, Co-Director, CSIE. All children are in the mainstream with support. This illustrated report describes the local policy and practice, and challenges all of us to reconsider whether it is necessary to limit inclusive education. ISBN: 1 872001 01 7 -
This illustrated report tells the story up to 1987 of Kirsty Arrondelle who has been successfully educated in mainstream schools. Kirsty has Down's syndrome and her education is a tribute to the partnership between her parents, the LEAs and the primary school headteachers and teachers involved in her placements. ISBN: 0 946828 13 X -
This is a report of CSIE's survey of LEA reviews of special education under the 1981 Act and reveals a wide variation of practice across the country, as well as illustrating different frustrations and tasks facing authorities. ISBN: 1 872001 47 5 -
14 year old students in this part of America have more legal rights than any parent in the UK; this report sets out the federal and state legal framework supporting inclusion of disabled pupils in ordinary schools and describes good practice as well as union and LEA views. ISBN: 0 946828 09 1
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