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news The scandal of black children sent to 'special' schools In 1960s and 70s Britain, hundreds of black children were labelled as "educationally subnormal", and wrongly sent to schools for pupils who were deemed to have low intelligence. For the first time, some former pupils have spoken about their experiences for a new BBC documentary. In the 1970s, at the age of six, Noel Gordon was sent to what was known at the time as an "educationally subnormal" (ESN) boarding school, 15 miles (24km) from his home. "That school was hell," says Noel. "I spent 10 years there, and when I left at 16, I co...

BBC News By Ashley John-Baptiste image captionNoel Gordon, former ESN student In 1960s and 70s Britain, hundreds of black children were labelled as "educationally subnormal", and wrongly sent to schools for pupils who were deemed to have low intelligence. For the first time, some former pupils have spoken about their experiences for a new BBC documentary. In the 1970s, at the age of six, Noel Gordon was sent to what was known at the time as an "educationally subnormal" (ESN) boarding school, 15 miles (24km) from his home. "That school was hell," says Noel. "I spent 10 years there, and when ...

A new BBC documentary has revealed how hundreds of black children were wrongly sent to schools for the 'emotionally subnormal' in the 1960s and 70s because of 'rampant racism'.  Subnormal: A British Scandal, which airs tonight on BBC2 at 9pm, explores how students who were incorrectly deemed to have a limited intellectual ability where sent to ESN schools, which categorised them as having moderate to severe learning disabilities or being 'un-teachable'.  Black children were labelled 'thick and unintelligent' because they 'couldn't speak the Queen's English', and were prevented from pu...