ABSTRACT
Education is a fundamental right for every young person in the UK. Being ‘inclusive’ does not mean putting the needs of one young person above the needs of every other child in the class. Money is so tight, and this is a killer for inclusion. Herding students with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) into high and low concentrations across a town or local authority area makes a mockery of the term inclusion. The Baroness Warnock report did much to improve the prospects of many young people with SEND in trying to access and contribute to society through education. It emphatically tackled much of the offensive labelling of children and young people with disabilities. Government after government has underestimated the need to provide the funding to fully realise the recommendation of the Warnock Report, the legislation that followed in the 1981 Education Act and the SEND Codes of Practice.
