Four cross-sectoral policy areas (governance, funding, capacity building and quality assurance mechanisms) need further development to effectively support the changing role of specialist provision in supporting mainstream schools to be inclusive.

Four cross-sectoral policy areas (governance, funding, capacity building and quality assurance mechanisms) need further development to effectively support the changing role of specialist provision in supporting mainstream schools to be inclusive.

Policy-makers consider these areas highly relevant in improving the role of specialist provision as a resource for mainstream provision. Consequently, these areas are crucial to support the implementation of effective, high-quality and cost-effective inclusive education policies. They require: 

Changing the role of specialist provision towards supporting inclusive education is closely related to ensuring the rights of all learners to high-quality inclusive education.

This rights-based approach builds on an education culture where the system takes responsibility for and is responsive to implementing inclusive education.

Transforming specialist provision to support mainstream provision can help schools remove barriers to learning. This shift demands that:

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