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Baroness Warnock’s landmark 1978 report on special education sparked legislation that enshrined the policy of inclusion, and it changed the way we talked about disability. Here, Rob Webster argues that, in setting out our vision for SEND support in the future, we should not replace this report, but merely move it on

The forecast number of special schools is some way off meeting the predicted growth in demand over the next eight years, so mainstream schools, and the system as a whole, have to step up, says Rob Webster

Baroness Warnock’s landmark 1978 report on special education sparked legislation that enshrined the policy of inclusion, and it changed the way we talked about disability. Here, Rob Webster argues that, in setting out our vision for SEND support in the future, we should not replace this report, but merely move it on

Writing exclusively in Tes, leading academic Rob Webster reveals how his latest research – the biggest observational study of children with SEND conducted in the UK – demonstrates that inclusion is not truly being practised in mainstream education

Ofsted, as Angela Rayner said, is not fit for purpose. But it’s not just the inspectorate that should hold schools to account over SEND, writes one leading academic

The number of CPD conferences being held at weekends shows just how committed many teachers are. But will these events ultimately lead to schools shirking their responsibility for in-house professional development, asks researcher Rob Webster