ABSTRACT
A school's responsibility for its pupils' pastoral care, and more specifically for their personal and social education, is not controversial. In the early days of free and compulsory education in Britain this was not, however, thought to have any important curriculum implications, nor was it considered necessary to develop an elaborate pastoral network involving all teachers in the school. This chapter reviews the aims and scope of guidance activities in schools in order to discuss the management and curriculum implications both at national level and at school level. It looks critically at the evidence that up to 20 per cent of children have special educational needs, and again review both management and curriculum implications at national and at school level. The chapter considers the role of a school's pastoral car e network and its pastoral curriculum in identifying and meeting special educational needs.
