ABSTRACT
This chapter focuses on the themes and reports on the findings from the Scottish case study, with comparisons across the United Kingdom. It is important to bear in mind, however, that the possibilities for generalisation from case studies are limited. In the Scottish case study, some distinctive differences in approaches to integration were apparent in an associated primary and secondary school. Within the United Kingdom, seven case studies were conducted by the National Foundation for Educational Research, the Northern Ireland Council for Educational Research and the Scottish Council for Research in Education. Official policy documents indicate that pupils with special educational needs have a right of access to the national curriculum in England and Wales, the Northern Ireland curriculum, and the non-statutory 5-14 programme of curriculum and assessment in Scotland. The chapter concludes with the extent to which the integration of the pupils in each of the case studies was successful and considers the usefulness of Warnock's conceptualisation of integration.
