Spot the double negative in the headline. Of course disabled people need education. But when it comes to schooling, disabled kids are not always getting what they need.
As kids head back to school this week, and non-disabled kids are poring over their post-GCSE and A-level futures, three times as many disabled kids are weighing up a future without qualifications.
Only a quarter of disabled young people end up with a degree. For non-disabled young people, it’s almost half of them. Less than five per cent of non-disabled people have no qualifications. For disabled people, it’s 15% who leave school with nothing to show for it.
When Tony Blair came to power, his mantra was education, education, education. But we know that education budgets have been squeezed for well over a decade.
