Changing Educational Opportunities for People with Learning Difficulties Following the Tomlinson Report

Abstract

This paper traces the impact of the Report of the Further Education Funding Council's committee on learning difficulties and/or disabilities on educational opportunities for people with learning disabilities. Based on the principle of inclusion, the Report made sixty recommendations aimed at improving the quality of further education for people with learning disabilities. While approximately one third of the proposals have now been accepted by the funding council, this paper argues that only legislative reform can achieve the recommended changes to the post‐16 curriculum and to inter‐agency working.

Citation

Dee, L. (1998), "Changing Educational Opportunities for People with Learning Difficulties Following the Tomlinson Report", Tizard Learning Disability Review, Vol. 3 No. 3, pp. 16-23. https://doi.org/10.1108/13595474199800025