Scottish Government

Footnotes

1. Statistical data on the number of children and young people with SEN in mainstream primary and secondary schools in Scotland was collected in a consistent manner between 1998 and 2001. From 2002 onwards, the number of pupils with a Record of Needs ( RoN) and/or an Individualised Educational Programme ( IEP) was recorded rather than the number of pupils designated as having SEN. See Appendix 1a for further details.
2. Statistical data on the number of children and young people with SEN in mainstream primary and secondary schools in Scotland was collected in a consistent manner between 1998 and 2001. From 2002 onwards, the number of pupils with a Record of Needs (RoN) and/or an Individualised Educational Programme ( IEP) was recorded rather than the number of pupils designated as having SEN. See Appendix 1a for further details.
3. The names of the schools have been disguised to protect their identities.
4. Source: School censuses 1998-2001. Refers to the number of children and young people in publicly funded schools.
5. Statistical Bulletin Edn/B1/2005/1: Pupils in Scotland, 2004.
6. Source: school census data, 2004.
7. City of Glasgow, Argyll & Bute, West Dunbartonshire, East Dunbartonshire, North Lanarkshire, South Lanarkshire, Renfrewshire, East Renfrewshire, East Ayrshire, South Ayrshire, North Ayrshire, and Inverclyde.
8. The vehicle through which this was achieved was the Education (Mentally Handicapped Children) (Scotland) Act 1974.
9. These are available at < http://www.drc.gb.org/law/codes.asp>
10. Source: Educating for Excellence: Choice and Opportunity The Executive's Response to the National Debate (Scottish Executive, 2003) http://www.scotland.gov.uk/library5/education/ndser-03.asp
11. < http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/People/Social-Inclusion>
12. As Wilson (2002) points out, 'whether someone has a special need is not a matter of empirical fact: it calls rather for a judgement of value.' (p.64).
13. Further details can be found on the project's website: < http://orgs.man.ac.uk/projects/include/indexmain.htm>
14. Adapted from Integration and Inclusion, produced by Disability Equality in Education ( DEE), and available at < http://www.diseed.org.uk/integration_inclusion.htm>. This is a UK charity established in 1996 to support the inclusion of disabled people in mainstream education through the provision of training, consultancy and resources.
15. City of Edinburgh, Dumfries & Galloway, Dundee City, East Renfrewshire, Midlothian, Orkney, and South Ayrshire.
16. In Angus, East Lothian, Perth & Kinross, and Argyll & Bute respectively. Even within authorities, there appears to be a range of operational definitions of these terms depending on practice.
17. Clackmannanshire, East Ayrshire, Glasgow, Inverclyde, and South Lanarkshire.
18. Source. Building our Future: Scotland's School Estate. < http://www.scotland.gov.uk/library5/education/bofs-05.asp>
19. Argyll & Bute, Clackmannanshire, Falkirk (specific reference to enhanced provision in Integrated Learning Communities) Highland, Midlothian, Perth & Kinross, South Lanarkshire, and Aberdeenshire.
20. The special schools concerned were located in Aberdeen, Midlothian, South Lanarkshire, and Dumfries & Galloway.
21. See also Table 4.4. Readers should bear in mind that the table in question reports the perspectives of local authority personnel, and not of parents.
22. See < http://www.scotland-legislation.hmso.gov.uk/legislation/scotland/ssi2002/20020391.htm>.
23. Morag Gunion, lead HMIE inspector for inclusion and Additional Support Needs speaking at a seminar The place of special provision for SEBD in a policy climate of inclusion, held at the University of Edinburgh, 29 April 2005.