Special education needs of excluded children in Wales

Special education needs of excluded children in Wales

Pupils differ significantly in terms of their individual characteristics and needs. It’s therefore important for schools to be able to identify and assess the level of need/disability, and provide for pupils with learning difficulties that call for special education...
Area level variations of school exclusions across Wales

Area level variations of school exclusions across Wales

School practices on discipline and punishment of disruptive behaviour can affect the exclusion rates being recorded and they have been shown to vary across different jurisdictions of the UK. These practices could be closely linked to and shaped by pupil-level...
Characteristics of excluded children in Wales

Characteristics of excluded children in Wales

Annual official reports published by the Welsh Government primarily focus on exclusion instances; their yearly trends and variations by key characteristics, such as ethnicity and reason for exclusion. However, there is a need to expand this analysis by focusing on...
School exclusions in Wales on the rise

School exclusions in Wales on the rise

Published:7th May 2021 Related people: Foteini Tseliou There is evidence to suggest that school exclusions can have negative effects on children’s lives. Exclusions have been associated with poor educational outcomes, and long-term physical and mental health problems....
Disgraceful Labelling: Race, Special Education and Exclusion

Disgraceful Labelling: Race, Special Education and Exclusion

Contributed by Professor Sally Tomlinson, Excluded Lives Advisory Group member Disgraceful Labelling: Race, Special Education and Exclusion It took fifty years before a TV programme was made about a disgraceful period in Britain’s educational history that has had long...
Silence in the experience of exclusion

Silence in the experience of exclusion

Contributed by Dr Sarah Wishart, EachOther; Still from Excluded © Jon Sack 2021 EachOther is a small human rights journalism charity covering human rights issues in the UK through news articles, features, videos or animations – different formats to engage a wide...
The County Lines Were Not In Quarantine

The County Lines Were Not In Quarantine

By Tamsin Gregory, St Giles Trust  The County Lines Were Not In Quarantine Despite the arrival of the vaccine giving us some light at the end of the tunnel, worries about jobs, health and finances prevail as we enter what will undoubtedly be an uncertain period...