Children and young people with disabilities denied access to inclusive education, Senedd report finds
School children during a Year 5 class at a primary school in Yorkshire, November 27, 2019
CHILDREN with disabilities in Wales are missing out on their education, a Welsh government committee has concluded.
The Senedd’s Children, Young People and Education Committee said those with special educational needs are “being treated as square pegs in round holes” at mainstream schools which do not adjust to meet their needs.
It blames the decision-making structures which allocate resources to meet individual children’s needs — such as extra support at school — for limiting the rights to education of children with disabilities.
The committee gathered evidence from families who it said “have been left exhausted from having to fight for the education and childcare their children are entitled to receive.”
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