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Swann, Will – 1989
The focus of this factsheet is the variation among English local education authorities (LEAs) in the proportion of the school population placed in special schools. Statistical data are presented to show how the national proportion of pupils aged 5-15 attending special schools in England changed between 1982 and 1987. Additional data provide the…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education, Enrollment Trends, Foreign Countries
Peer reviewedDwyer, Eamonn; Swann, Will – European Journal of Special Needs Education, 1987
The study found seriously inferior educational services for mentally handicapped students in special care schools administered by social services authorities in Northern Ireland when compared with special schools for similar children in England and special schools for other children with disabilities in Northern Ireland. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Educational Quality, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Mental Retardation
Swann, Will – 1992
Statistics are presented indicating that, between 1988 and 1991 in England, there was a 2.05% increase in segregation of children with disabilities aged between 5 and 10 years. Over the same period, there was a 2.12% decrease in segregation of children aged 11 to 15. The statistics also indicate that children's chances of being integrated into…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Educational Practices, Educational Trends, Elementary Secondary Education
Swann, Will; Briggs, Dennis – 1982
The booklet, one of 16 designed for use in an Open University course on the education of handicapped students in the United Kingdom, focuses on special schooling and referral. Factors affecting service provision, such as geography and external and internal pressures, are considered. Elements of programing for maladjusted students are reviewed, its…
Descriptors: Criteria, Curriculum, Curriculum Development, Disabilities
Peer reviewedSwann, Will – Oxford Review of Education, 1988
Considering the consequences of the 1981 Education Act for the integration of children with special needs, Swann examines national trends in special school placement. Introduces new methods to measure segregation, identifying sources from which special school pupils come. Finds only slight evidence of a trend toward integration since the Act's…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Educational Needs, Educational Planning, Educational Policy
Swann, Will – 1991
This study examined variations among Local Education Authorities (LEAs) in England in the levels of segregation of children with disabilities into special schools between the years 1982 and 1990. Major findings included the following: in 1990, English LEAs sent 1.58 percent of the school population to special schools; there were large differences…
Descriptors: Differences, Disabilities, Educational Policy, Educational Trends
