having not personally read the report

if this is true:

"In one primary school visited by inspectors, where a large number of service families had children, Ofsted said pupils were "inappropriately" identified as having special needs because their fathers had been deployed to Afghanistan.

The report said: "This group was … vulnerable to underachievement because their fathers were all serving in Afghanistan. However, although these pupils had additional needs for a period of time, this should not have required special educational needs to have been identified.""

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i can see why there might be a need for clarification about who should or shouldn't be classed as 'special needs' without the likes of Dick Littlecock being allowed to jump on the report for their own purposes

Posted By: Ralf Scrampton, Sep 14, 14:20:27