Mick Clifford: Assessment of need must amount to more than a ‘box-ticking exercise’ 

In the wake of an important High Court judgment this month, thousands of children with disabilities may have to have their educational needs reassessed

A deputy principal swore an affidavit stating that he was not qualified to carry out a ‘true assessment’ of the educational needs one of his school’s pupils — but that he completed the AON report regardless. iStock