This paper examines the role of special schools for visually impaired learners in the light of current thinking on such notions as inclusiveness, parental choice, and Government legislation and Codes of Practice. Particular attention is directed towards uncertainties over the future of non-maintained special schools (NMSS), the numbers of which have been declining in recent years. An account is given of how one NMSS is responding to these changes by developing a partnership with the Local Education Authority in its own geographical area in the South-East of England.
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