• Access Undone: The Collapse of Special Education [Episode 2]

  • Sep 30 2024
  • Length: 26 mins
  • Podcast

Access Undone: The Collapse of Special Education [Episode 2]

  • Summary

  • Episode 2: Soft Barriers

    In this episode I explore the role of the National Council for Special Education (NCSE), a quango responsible for organising resources for special education. I trace the NCSE's establishment in 2003 and its subsequent decline in effectiveness, particularly since the detrimental effects of budget cuts since 2008. The NCSE's lack of adequate support, arbitrary allocation of resources, and controversial response to government cuts are all scrutinised. I argue that despite the increasing number of children with special needs, support has been reduced, leading to a progressively worse situation for these children. And when schools spoke out against the cuts, it was the NCSE, not the government that said schools were putting in soft barriers to stop children accessing support.

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