Kim Johnson tells parliament lessons must be learnt from poor treatment of children at institutions in 1960s and 70sThe historic injustice of a scandal in which black children were incorrectly labelled “educationally subnormal” and sent to schools for physically and mentally disabled pupils must be addressed with a public inquiry, an MP has said.Kim Johnson, the Labour MP for Liverpool Riverside, is calling on Keir Starmer to bring justice to survivors and to also expose the long-term effects it has had in the education system. Continue reading...
Labour MP Kim Johnson is calling for a public inquiry into the historic mislabeling of Black pupils as "educationally subnormal" (ESN) and their subsequent placement in schools for pupils with disabilities. Johnson believes this injustice needs addressing and that the same systems that drove the ESN scandal still exist in different forms, leading to the disproportionate placement of Black children in pupil referral units. While the government acknowledges the issue, it currently has no plans for a public inquiry.
