This notwithstanding, it was reiterated that Scope's viewpoint is that it is essential that CE should move out of the relatively small voluntary sector and make a national contribution, by combining conductor training with qualified teacher status. Scope has proposed that there should be one conductor in every school for children with physical difficulties in the country plus one in each local education authority, a plan that would require 975 conductors across England and Wales. The needs of adults were also raised. This advantage will run for three years, after which any continuing arrangement will have to pay for itself. Milestone is recognising that 'inclusion' of its pupils means continuing, life-long needs with appropriate training available to staff in other institutions.
PACE runs with teachers, therapists and conductors working together within a team.
Interest was expressed in the size of the practice base required to support this. Considerable and amicable progress has been made in agreeing the principle that minimum competencies can be agreed. It will then be up to individual training institutions to combine those, should they wish, with other competencies to create, say, 'conductor-teachers'. The group then reviewed the complex situation currently prevailing in higher education. All the same, this can be done and it was reported that Conductive Education has been cited by the QAA as an example of a definable and inspectable subject area within Education Studies.