Thousands of disabled children are being illegally excluded from school every year, or refused participation in activities and trips, because schools don’t have the resources to cope with them, a new report claims.
The study, from the charity Contact a Family, found that excluding disabled youngsters had a devastating impact on their education and mental health.
The organisation, which surveyed more than 400 families of children with disabilities or additional needs in England and Wales, found that more than half of parents had been asked to collect their children during the school day because of a lack of staff to support them, and 56 per cent were declined an opportunity to take part in a class activity or trip because it was deemed “unsuitable”.
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