Sonia Blandford

SEND And Exclusion – Prevention Rather Than Cure

• 16 Apr

Mutuality, Chance or Choice? Why It Matters For Disadvantaged Learners

• 6 Jul

Mutuality, Chance or Choice? – Providing Equality Of Choice To Disadvantaged Learners 

• 6 Jul

A Framework for Inclusion

• 11 Apr

The Missing Children

In the week of the 2nd InclusiveEd Conference on New Paradigms for Disadvantaged Learners, Professor Sonia Blandford looks at the plight of the most marginalised children…those missing from education.

• 22 Mar

Social Inclusion for Social Mobility – A New Way of Thinking

Editorial for the first issue of The Inclusion Journal. Sonia Blandford of the AFA explains why social mobility is important for vulnerable children

• 13 Jun

The Four Pillars of Support Missing For Children With Special Educational Needs During Covid-19

Sonia Blandford describes the needs of children with Special Educational Needs during the Covid Crisis, which she laments, have been disgracefully neglected.

• 17 Dec

A Vision For Inclusive Middle Leadership

Professor Sonia Blandford, CEO of Achievement for All, argues that an inclusive school needs vision, and in particular an ethos for inclusive middle leadership who will be asked, after all, to do most of the heavy lifting.

• 5 Oct

Rescuing A Generation At Risk From Covid And Exclusions

A project at Lyng School In Coventry, which has 50 per cent of its children on free school meals, has shown remarkable success in keeping all its children engaged during the lockdown. Sonia Blandford describes the project and argues that it should be rolled out across the country.

• 11 Aug

It’s Time to Give Credence to Non-Academic Career Routes

• 28 Feb