Resources

Here you’ll find all sorts of useful resources around inclusive education. You can also see these divided up into resources you may find helpful if you’re a parent, an education professional, a Disabled person or a Disabled People’s Organisation, or a decision maker.

Manifesto 2024: Inclusive Education for All

ALLFIE’s manifesto seeks to promote the realisation of the equity, equality and the right to inclusive education for ALL Disabled people, through the necessary supports in mainstream settings. It sets out six demands of the government, to create an inclusive education system and achieve justice in action.

Lived Experience of Black/Global Majority Disabled Pupils and their Families in Mainstream Education

ALLFIE’s research project about the lived experiences of Black/Global Majority Disabled pupils and their parents about schooling. It explores experiences of mainstream school placement, participation, support and attitudes of school staff, and makes important recommendations to address issues.

Inclusion Champions Project report

‘Inclusive Education, Disabled People’s Organisations and Capacity Building for Change’. This report provides some reflections from an Inclusion Champions Project funded by the City Bridge Trust.

Covid-19 Inclusive Education guide

ALLFIE has co-produced this guide with parents of Disabled students and Inclusion Champions Network members, to help Disabled students and their families navigate mainstream education during the Covid-19 pandemic.

Impact of Sexism on Black Disabled Women and Girls

This presentation was originally delivered by Michelle Daley to mark International Women’s Day 2021.

Racial and intersectional inequality, and under-representation of people of colour in Disabled People’s Organisations

‘You can’t get rid of one oppression without getting rid of all of them’

Being Seen, Being Heard: Empower Young People in the Disability Rights Movement

A resource for voice, rights and empowerment of Disabled children and Young people: a guide for activism by the RIPSTARs, co-produced by ALLFIE.

Making Things Happen Report: Amplifying Young Disabled People’s Voices

Making Things Happen; Young Disabled people; amplifying their voices.
Project summary report, August 2020.

ALLFIE Survey Report: Coronavirus Impact on Disabled People’s Education

Read the findings of ALLFIE’s Inclusive Education Survey on the impact of Coronavirus (Covid-19) on education for Disabled pupils and students during lockdown.

Accessibility Plans as Effective Tools for Inclusion in Schools: Are They Working?

ALLFIE’s ground-breaking research project report, authored by Dr Armineh Soorenian and funded by Disability Research on Independent Living and Learning (DRILL).

Inclusion Now 54 Autumn 2019

Intersectionality, UN Sustainable Development Goals, Disability History Month and more.

Back Up’s inclusion toolkit

The Back Up Trust have produced an education toolkit aimed at young people with spinal cord injuries, their parents, teachers and health care professionals. Much of it is applicable to young people with other impairments.

Current Debates: Part 2

Exploring support provision for disabled learners and the importance of international human rights in addressing barriers to inclusive education. Academic and ALLFIE trustee Dr Miro Griffiths MBE continues his three part series for education students on some of the key issues around inclusive education.

Making inclusion “normal”

Our ex-Director Tara Flood visited Finland and Canada to research their experiences around inclusive education. Here is her report.

Parents as Allies

Designed for use by Disabled People’s Organisations with parents of Disabled children and young people, this toolkit has session plans for understanding models of disability, disability rights and supporting decision making.

Current Debates: Part 1, Understanding Disability and the problem with “Special”

Academic and ALLFIE trustee Dr Miro Griffiths MBE begins a three part series for education students on some of the key issues around inclusive education.

EHCP guidance: the RIPSTARS project

Children and young people should be involved in creating their Education, Health and Care Plan. How can professionals achieve this?

Legal guide: the “right” to inclusive education in English law

Barrister Stephen Broach looks at how families can use the law in pressing for mainstream education for their child or young person. “If the LA seeks to rely on section 33 in order to refuse your child a place at a mainstream school, the first thing you should do is push back.”

Useful contacts

Information, advice, training, policy and pressure groups and other organisations

Inclusion, Equality and the Law

It’s not just about the Children and Families Act – schools need to consider their obligations to Disabled children under the Equality Act too. ALLFIE has written a short guide for schools.

Video: inclusion at Eastlea Community School

Children and staff of Eastlea Community School in Newham, London, talk about how inclusion works in the school, the challenges and benefits and what it means to them.

Access to the Curriculum and Exams

Teacher Marion Stanton reflects on good practice.

How Was School?

Our oral history project on Disabled people’s experience of education over the last century, including video, audio, schools resource packs and more.

Reading on Education, Disability and Inclusive Education

Angharad Beckett, Associate Professor of Political Sociology, University of Leeds, has put together this handy reading list for education students and others interested in inclusive education

“Knowledge is Power” participation toolkit

Designed for use by Disabled People’s Organisations with Disabled young people, this toolkit has session plans for understanding identity, developing skills & building confidence.

The Case for Inclusive Education

A handy guide to the what, why and how

“Hear Us Out”

This VIPER guide to participation looks at the steps organisations should follow when creating participation opportunities for groups of Disabled young people.

Advocacy and Training Toolkit

This is a toolkit to support advocacy and training work led by Disabled people.

An Inclusive Education Guide for Professionals

This guide was written in 2011 by education and social care professionals from France, Italy, Romania, Iceland and the UK and is based on evidence and learning from each of these countries about what works for the inclusion of disabled children and young people in mainstream education.

An Inclusive Education Guide for Families

This guide is aimed at helping families seek inclusive education opportunities for their Disabled child.

Inclusion Standards Guide

A document to help organisations make decisions about meeting disabled people’s access requirements during events

“Who’s On My Side?”

How can I best support a Disabled child? In this video Disabled children and young people and those around them talk about the kind of help they really need: the support of allies.

Pushing for Change

A report on the role of Disabled People’s Organisations in developing young Disabled leaders of the future.

Archived resources

Here are old resources which may be out of date but still useful or of historical interest