Malcolm 2016/17

Is Ofsted a “force for good” in improving the education of SEND learners?
Ofsted’s draft Education Inspection Framework and School Inspection Handbook are currently out for consultation. An Ofsted inspection is a critical…
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School leadership and SEND ignorance
In an earlier SNJ blog in 2015 I wrote about the critical role of the SENCO in schools. The SEN…
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Putting Social, Emotional and Mental Health at the top of our schools’ agenda
At Academies Enterprise Trust (AET), where I'm Executive Director for SEND and Inclusion, we’ve been thinking about Social, Emotional and…
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What the Government’s SEND statistics mean for children
In my December blog I shared that I would follow up on the government’s SEND figures for schools. These are released…
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Do Academies turn away children with Special Needs?
In an article on 3rd January, The Independent reported comments from Anna Feuchtwang, Chief Executive of The National Children’s Bureau, regarding,…
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Author: Tania Tirraoro

Founder of Special Needs Jungle. (She/Her) Parent of two young adults with autism. New grandma. Tania, who is autistic, is a leading SEND advisor, working with the Special Education Consortium, Ofsted, and Whole School SEND. She is also an Advisory Board member of the Royal Holloway, University of London Centre of Gene and Cell Therapy and an Editorial Board member of Springer Nature Gene Therapy journal. Tania is an experienced broadcast and print journalist & author. She also runs a PR, web & social media consultancy, SocialOro Media. Tania is a rare disease & chronic pain patient advocate with Ehlers Danlos syndrome.

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