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In Touch: Moving from primary to secondary school; Mark Hardie

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21/06/2016

Moving from primary to secondary school; Mark Hardie

BBC Radio 4 - In Touch, Moving from primary to secondary school; Mark Hardie

Moving from primary to secondary school for blind children. And new author Mark Hardie.

With Peter White. A father describes how difficult it has been to get his 11-year-old blind child into a suitable secondary school. Plus new author Mark Hardie on his first novel.

One London father describes the problems he's had getting his blind 11 year old into a suitable secondary school. He's so worried about the time it's taken to resolve, that he's had to move home to another part of the city. And new author, Mark Hardie talks about his first novel called Burned and Broken and describes how his blindness has influenced his writing.

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