About Matt Keer
Matt Keer is the parent of two deaf children. He had to take his LA to the SEND Tribunal, to get the educational provision his children needed. It was a bruising time. In an blog on the NDCS campaign site, Matt said, "We got there in the end, as a family. We went through Tribunal, some of us broke briefly, but we mended ourselves and the boys finally – finally – now have a full shot at life. It was worth it – but it never, ever, should have been this way. It never should have been allowed to be this way."
Matt was part of the SNJ delegation to the Department for Education to feed into the Lee Scott inquiry and dug deep to highlight taxpayer funds paid by local authorities to the law firm in the BS Twitter Storm. He's great at finding and analysing obscure data that SEND departments would rather you didn't know about.
Matt's posts on SNJ
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LA watch: Beware the EHCP Assessment Exception “loophole”
It’s the last week of the year in most English schools. A week to take things a bit easier, tidy…Continue reading »
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Overcoming barriers to help my deaf children succeed
I’ve got two deaf boys. They’re brighter than I am. They’re more determined than I am. They work harder in…Continue reading »
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Who’s writing your child’s EHCP? Your outsourcing questions answered
About six months ago, SNJ began looking into something that local authorities have become increasingly keen on - outsourcing the…Continue reading »
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Half a billion and counting: Tracking the SEND reforms spending
We’re now well over two years into the SEND reforms, and the reform journey so far has been long, winding,…Continue reading »
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Ofsted Local Area SEND Inspectors: The good, the bad & the ugly
If you’re reading this, then you’ll know that the Government reformed the English SEND system in 2014. Inspectors from Ofsted…Continue reading »
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Ofsted/CQC SEND Inspections and Parents: More Than A Feeling?
Six months ago, Ofsted & the Care Quality Commission began inspecting how well local areas are implementing the September 2014…Continue reading »
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Not co-production: Was your child’s Education, Health and Care plan outsourced?
Tania's note: Matt Keer, the parent of children who are deaf, is a whizz at figures. He's written for us…Continue reading »
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Why SEND department targets mean ‘culture change’ reform may never happen
Today's guest post, from father of two deaf sons, Matt Keer, may shock you. It may, as it did to…Continue reading »
