ABSTRACT
Parent and pupil data provided important information about the barriers encountered and what support the children found useful. They provided vital insights into the subjective experience of disability, drawing attention to the ways in which this varies with the context and to differences in the perspectives of parents and children. This chapter draws on interview data with parents, professionals in schools and local authorities together with observations of children in class. It explores data that indicated discrepancies between that provided by parents and the views within an organization. At the time of writing the report data were not available for those pupils whose attainments were described as below level 1 of the National Curriculum. Data were also limited for the youngest children where only a small percentage had Foundation Stage profile data. Most schools reported that they found the process of distributing and gathering data from parents unproblematic. The return rates of some schools are a matter of concern.
