Earlier this year, we ran a ticket giveaway for pairs of parents and teachers for the Whole School SEND Summit, held by the London Leadership Strategy. The ‘pairing’ idea was …
The issue of the type of placement for a child with special educational needs or disabilities can be a thorny one. For many, including my own sons with Asperger’s, a …
At Academies Enterprise Trust (AET), where I’m Executive Director for SEND and Inclusion, we’ve been thinking about Social, Emotional and Mental Health Needs (SEMH) in our schools for some time. …
In my December blog I shared that I would follow up on the government’s SEND figures for schools. These are released annually in early summer and are based upon returns from …
In an article on 3rd January, The Independent reported comments from Anna Feuchtwang, Chief Executive of The National Children’s Bureau, regarding, “…anecdotal evidence that academies are more reluctant to accept children …
