SEN Pupils Being Taught Away From The Classroom
February 12, 2013
Children with special needs are spending too much time being taught out of their classroom according to the Institute of Education.
It says teaching assistants are spending more time with those children than teachers and that being isolated from their classmates has a knock on effect on both their social and educational development.
BBC Radio 5 live’s Victoria Derbyshire got the reaction of two parents of children with special needs who are taught in main stream schools. Jane Myers’ daughter Jess, 16, has septo-optic-dysplasia and Jo Yarnell’s daughter Hannah, 10, has Down’s Syndrome.
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Same Difference 
It depends on a number of factors, especially in secondary schools facing restrictive budgets and being pressurised to achieve exam results, etc..
There is a need for more regional/local resource bases or units for students with similar conditions, utlising good teaching skills with the required knowledge and curriculum skiils.
The problem is that so much funding focuses on normal attainments rather than the whole diverse spectrum of learners in each school.
Staffing, both teaching and support, need to be inclusive as well – Deaf & Disabled themselves, they add value to the learning environment.
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