Will the SEND and AP Improvement Plan improve the lives of 16-25 year olds with SEND?
So, at last we have a SEND and AP Improvement Plan. The big question now is: was it worth the wait? If you’re a 16 to 25-year-old with special educational …
Category: SEN Green Paper
How does the the SEND Improvement Plan intend to create more accountability?
On 2nd March, the Department for Education finally published its plan to improve the SEND and alternative provision system. Over the next few weeks, SNJ will be looking at different …
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Children and Families Bill – you need to take action now [2]
Debs writes We recently wrote about some of the changes being proposed in the Children and Families Bill that will not benefit families. We looked at the duty to identify …
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Children and Families Bill – you need to act now [1]
Debs writes…. Last week, I had the pleasure of listening to Jane McConnell (IPSEA’s Chief Executive) speak at the Towards a Positive Conference. As Jane spoke, I realised that the …
Children and Families Bill – initial views
Finally, the wait is over and the Children and Families Bill, which includes the SEN reforms, has been published. Debs spent yesterday poring over it and here are her initial …
Common sense prevails with more time to test the SEN reform proposals
Education Minister, Edward Timpson, has, it seems, listened to the concerns that so many, including Special Needs Jungle, have voiced – that the pace of SEN reform is too fast …
SEN Reforms: professional views to the select committee
The Education Select Committee yesterday heard from various witnesses about the draft legislation on Special Education Needs. Over two and a half hours, professionals gave their views about the draft …
Deadline day for SEN select committee consultation – some views
Today is the deadline for the Education Select Committee’s call for responses to the draft SEN bill. I’ve seen a number of responses so far. Some are concerned about the …
The SEN draft bill: Have your say – but be quick!
The draft SEN bill is now out and will undergo pre-legislative scrutiny by the Education Select Committee. The committee last week issued a call for evidence with their cut off …
The draft SEN reform bill – some reactions
So fare thee well, Miss Teather, just as the draft bill is published, you get the boot from your job. Hardly seems fair, really, when you’ve done so much of …
Draft SEN legislation published and a response to my open letter to Sarah Teather
Well today is the day – the draft legislation has, rather unexpectedly, been published for the reform of provision for children and young people with Special Educational Needs. It had been said to have …
Special Educational Needs reform update
Hope your summer is going okay! We’re just back from Italy where we were devoured by relentless mosquitos day and night. Just thought you might like to read this pdf …
Active listening: a core skill for SEN reform
Yesterday, MumsNet hosted a live web chat with Sarah Teather, Minister of State for Children and Families. I recently posted an open letter to Miss Teather, to which I’m still …
Dear Miss Teather, an open letter about the pace of SEN reform
Dear Miss Sarah Teather I know you mean well. I know you really want to do something to help improve the lot of kids with special needs. And you might …
Don’t rush SEN reform – get it right, not fast
I’ve just watched the Education Select Committee on SEN – the Next Steps and many of the concerns raised mirror the points I raised in my presentation at the Towards …
SEN child? Join me and NAS president, Jane Asher, on Sat 16 June
So, it’s just a couple of days before the Towards a Positive Future Special Educational Needs conference in Newbury – if you can make it at all, it’ll be well …
SEN Green Paper response round up and other special needs stories
It’s been something of an eventful week for both Special Needs and Special Needs Jungle. Last week, I was called up by a reporter from the Daily Telegraph to ask …
SEN – The Next Steps – My views & Meridian Tonight feature
So, there’s been much furore today about the headlines for proposals that 450,000 children be ‘struck off’ the SEN register. This is a bit of a stupid headline, to say …
SEN Green Paper: Ministerial “Detailed response” expected next week
So, next week government ministers will set out their detailed response and reform timetable as their next steps in the SEN Green Paper. They’ve been saying it’s ‘imminent’ since February, so …
If ‘child centred’ help is a no-brainer, why isn’t it happening?
One thing that’s become very familiar in the last few years, both personally and from reading your comments and emails, is how outragously hard it is to get the right …