October 13, 2020
Now we can all imagine life without school
In September, the project restarted and will now run until June next year. Lots of things will be different from how we planned them,…
September 07, 2020
Back to work
Earlier this year we had to take a very difficult decision to pause this project. Nobody expected a year ago that a pandemic would…
March 20, 2020
The Mayfield History Champions
We are a group of students at Mayfield School working with CASBA, looking at the history of our school. To help us with our…
March 06, 2020
Josh writes about his experiences on the project
My name is Josh Andrew Welford. I am aged 16 and I have been at Victoria School since May 2006. I have been on…
March 03, 2020
Jennifer’s reflections
Reflecting on the last 4 months of being involved with the Education is Special project, it seems to have flown by and I am…
March 03, 2020
Blog post by Hassanain from Mayfield School
First, I met Joe Peacock, he works for a charity called CASBA, this charity helps people who have special needs. This project is designed…
January 21, 2020
Seeking Special School Pupils from the Seventies
We need some help, because we are looking to record the stories of people who attended special schools in Birmingham in the 1970s. As…
January 21, 2020
Fox Hollies Students talk about the project
Today, we spoke to Luci and Reece from our Fox Hollies group about the project so far and how they’ve found it: Luci: “I…
December 24, 2019
Reflections on the first term of Education is Special
The last few months have been a real voyage of discovery for everyone involved in the Education is Special project. At the end of…