The survey of special schools and colleges and parents found that many headteachers and parents feel that children in special schools and colleges have been ‘forgotten’ in the Government’s announcements for children to return to mainstream schools this week.
The study, by ASK Research with support from NFER, and funded by the Nuffield Foundation, involved in-depth interviews with and surveys of 200 special schools and colleges in England that provide specialist places for children and young people with Education, Health and Care Plans (EHCP) and more than 500 parents whose children attend special schools.
Special schools face different challenges to mainstream schools but school leaders and parents feel the Government has shown little understanding of this in their Covid-19 guidance.
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