Education policy 'fails some children'

ONE-IN-THREE children with an intellectual disability fail to make the transition from primary to secondary school, an Oireachtas committee heard yesterday.

A study of 1,363 children with an intellectual disability in mainstream schools found 481 were unable make it to second level.

Of those who transferred from mainstream schools to special schools, 215 were under 12 years of age, 249 were under 15 and 17 were under 18.