The architect of the current special educational needs policy hasdefended her recent calls for a fundamental rethinking of the policy ofinclusion.
Baroness Warnock came in for criticism last month after she said theinclusion agenda had left a "disastrous legacy". But last week sheclaimed her remarks were consistent with her original report, whichinspired current practice.
Speaking in a House of Lords debate on special schools, she said: "Icertainly did not have a great road to Damascus revelation ... I do notthink that I have changed my mind in any dramatic way."
Former Conservative education secretary Kenneth Baker used the debate tolabel the Government's policy "a national disgrace" and to press homehis party's call for a moratorium on the closure of special schools.
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