Perhaps in collaboration with learning support staff, they could discuss the strategies which are most effective for pupils with learning difficulties and incorporate these into departmental documents, for the support of less experienced colleagues. Training and support for both learning support staff and subject staff needs to be provided on an ongoing basis. Some training might be carried out jointly so that participants could share their expertise. Links with local special schools might provide a pool of expertise on which mainstream staff could draw, whilst sharing their subject knowledge with special school staff. LEAs and schools need to develop more useful approaches to collecting and analysing data to enable more effective monitoring and evaluation to take place.
Governors needs to be given appropriate support in order to participate in the process.
T he research showed clearly that if pupils with special needs are to learn effectively in mainstream schools, they have to be provided with opportunities to develop their understanding, knowledge and skills. In order to achieve this, subject teachers will continue to require further training and support to adapt their materials and methods according to the needs of all the pupils in their classroom. A full report and summary on the Code of Practice project, carried out concurrently with the Integration project, are also available.