The two-year Complex Learning Difficulties and Disabilities Research Project, funded by the Department for Education, found that urgent action is needed to help schools teach a new generation of young people with unprecedented special needs and disabilities.
This is partly because of advances in medical treatment and the emergence of new types of complex special needs, such as children suffering from foetal alcohol syndrome.
The report recommends introducing new training courses for teachers in all schools and additional training for teaching assistants who work with young people with disabilities and special needs.
It also suggests that long-term research is needed to make sure schools offer the best teaching to children with complex needs.
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