Learning and inclusion : the Cleves School experience

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Mainstream schools are consistently faced with numerous and often contradictory requirements, both to achieve high results and to be inclusive and incorporate children of every ability. This text, first published in 1999, describes how one renowned inclusive community school, Cleves School, responds to the challenges faced by themselves and other schools. Specifically, Priscilla Alderson shows how methods of inclusive learning can be incorporated with those designed to improve standards of achievement for every child.  Read more... Abstract: Mainstream schools are consistently faced with numerous and often contradictory requirements, both to achieve high results and to be inclusive and incorporate children of every ability. This text, first published in 1999, describes how one renowned inclusive community school, Cleves School, responds to the challenges faced by themselves and other schools. Specifically, Priscilla Alderson shows how methods of inclusive learning can be incorporated with those designed to improve standards of achievement for every child Content: 1. Introduction 2. An inclusive community school 3. Active learning 4. Being friends and being equals: relationships and rules 5. Fun 6. The Cleves School experience: conclusion Appendices: 1. Implementing the aims of Cleves School 2. Extracts from the 1998 OFSTED Report 3. The Newham LEA Inclusion Charter and extracts from the Audit Bibliography