Talking to Teachers (Research)

I felt it would be beneficial to talk to some teachers to find out if they do anything to help towards the education of disabilities and how they felt about the subject. I have some connections with schools therefore I emailed a primary and secondary school asking if they teach about disabilities and wether it is in the curriculum.

Mr Robson (Primary School Head teacher)
"No we don’t teach as part of the curriculum. We talk 
about others less fortunate but not specific ailments."

Mrs Gibbon (Secondary School Headteacher)
"We teach through British Values mostly around tolerance, diversity, inclusive society and through Christian values of care, respect, responsibility, love and understanding."


I found it very interesting that it is not a mandatory requirement to specifically teach about disability as statistics show  In Britain over 10 million people have a limiting long term illness, impairment or disability - this is over 18 per cent of the population. They mainly teach in general on values and people less fortunate, not about how they are similar and how they should be treated. What is being done in secondary schools is still great for educating them on values but I think the primary school children would benefit from more education as it will shape who they are as people in the future and children are more likely to be unsure, curious and scared of peoples differences.

Do the government feel it is not necessary to teach young children about differences or do they think it is up to the parents?