ABSTRACT

Elizabeth Grugeon provides a detailed account of her association with Balbinder Singh and his family. She was a friend and adviser for the family as they tried to negotiate a path through an education system which was not always easy to understand. Balbinder was the subject of a Statement and Elizabeth Grugeon charts the process from an initial expression of concern about Balbinder’s lack of progress by the primary school to his transfer to a special school for pupils categorised as having ‘moderate learning difficulties’.