§ Mr. Win GriffithsTo ask the Secretary of State for Education what advice has been issued through the Department for Education, the National Curriculum Council, School Examinations and Assessment Council or OFSTED about the teaching or modifying of the national curriculum for emotionally and behaviourally disturbed children.
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§ Mr. ForthThe DFE, OFSTED and NCC publications listed include advice on the teaching and disapplication of the national curriculum for children with special educational needs. DFE circular 23/89 deals specifically with emotionally and behaviourally disturbed children. The statutory orders containing attainment targets and programmes of study for the national curriculum also contain advice on children with special educational needs.
SEAC's school assessment folders regularly include guidance on the assessment of children with special educational needs, and have made specific mention of children with emotional and behavioural difficulties.
- Department for Education
- National Curriculum—from Policy to Practice
- Circular 5/89: The Education Reform Act 1988: the School Curriculum and Assessment
- Circular 15/89: Education Reform Act 1988: Temporary Exceptions from the National Curriculum
- Circular 22/89: Assessments and Statements of Special Educational Needs: Procedures within the Education, Health and Social Services
- Circular 23/89: Special Schools for Children with Emotional and Behavioural Difficulties
- OFSTED/Her Majesty's Inspectorate
- Special Needs and the National Curriculum (an annual series of reports)
- The Implementations of National Curriculum Science at Key Stage 3 in Some Special Schools
- National Curriculum Council
- Implementing the National Curriculum—Participation by Pupils with Special Educational Needs
- A Curriculum for All: Special Educational Needs in the National Curriculum
- Teaching Science to Pupils with Special Educational Needs Science and Pupils with Special Educational Needs (Key Stages I and 2)
- Oracy and Special Educational Needs—case studies across Key Stages 1–4
- Modern Foreign Languages and Special Needs
- SEN Newsletter
§ Mr. Win GriffithsTo ask the Secretary of State for Education how many schools and units for emotionally and behaviourally disturbed children he has visited since assuming office.
§ Mr. ForthMy right hon. Friends and I have visited a large number of schools. As regards schools and units specifically providing for pupils with emotional and behavioural difficulties, my right hon. Friend has visited one school for such pupils and four for pupils with other special educational needs. I have visited one school for emotionally and behaviourally disturbed pupils and two schools for pupils with other disabilities.