Chris Rossiter

DfE have reviews guidance on SEND for school governors. It’s a thrill to see the SEND Governance Review guide still being shared, 7 years on from publication. Contributions from excellent collaborators including @StarlightMcKenz @NGAMedia @CSTvoice gov.uk/government/pub…

@1goodtern I’m not sure this is right. Absences could have been caused by any number of issues. Special schools had lots and often complex mitigations in place but, remained open throughout lockdowns because pupils there were considered ‘vulnerable’ and therefore were entitled to attend.

But *many of those mitigations to suppress Covid* **were not in place in special schools**. So they were hit in 2020/2021.

I'm indebted to @GrayD001 and @karamballes for pointing out something astonishingly profound in this image. I think this is *phenomenally important*... I think this may be one of the most important threads I've ever written.

Statement from CST on the appointment of ⁦@MuftiPatel⁩ as interim chair of ⁦@Ofstednews⁩. Sir Hamid is a leader who illuminates the darkness by serving a wider common good. I am extremely proud to work with him. cstuk.org.uk/news-publicati…

@adamboxer1 Financial controls 🤷🏻‍♂️

Things that annoy me I send an invoice with all relevant details to a school The school then asks me to fill out all those same details on a "new supplier" form Just blooming pay it Why do we have these things

@Artemisfornow Chief cardiac physiologist probably shouldn’t be on this ‘list’.

DEI - Fun fact: The UK has the highest number of DEI roles relative to population size, in the WORLD! This is page 1 of public service advertised DEI roles today Estimated cost to the tax payer stands at £557 MILLION a year 🤡

Fairly big caveat.. ‘differing rates could also be down toacademies meeting pupils’ needs without formal identification of SEND, under-identification of SEND or delays in EHCP assessments caused by reduced local authority capacity in areas with fewer maintained schools’

No I’m afraid this is not one of the academy freedoms at all. All state schools are bound by the same admissions regulations and the same statutory duties in this regard. Perhaps we can have a chat about this?

@samanthajbooth Incredible, congratulations!

If we believe the bedrock of an inclusive education is high quality teaching, then knowing your pupils’ start points and helping them progress at each stage of their education should do it. Properly resourced specialists can help do the rest, in line with existing law.

Resource bases are an interesting ‘answer’ to the issues re inclusion. They certainly aren’t new and there doesn’t appear to be an evidence base for their use. Locating pupils with SEND in a space could help better deploy staff and resources but, it doesn’t feels like inclusion

⏪ 'What we need is the reinforcement of what is working well. What we are getting instead will just pull us back into the mud' @RebeccaLeek_ buff.ly/4a7ERg1

Dyslexia is one of the most misunderstood and contested areas of SEND. Yet children who find reading and spelling challenging are routinely given that label. @DamsonEd and colleagues explain here what we know, what we don't and where teachers can help. tes.com/magazine/teach…

@SEND__plight Yes, that’s right - I was referring to the duties under the education acts re admissions. Reviews of provision are separate and even if they resulted in a change of placement would still need to go through admissions processes

@SEND__plight There’s some inaccuracies here. LAs are responsible for making sure there’s enough school places available to meet local need, whilst schools manage admissions directly. For special schools, LAs commission places but, schools still mostly manage their own admissions

With falling birth rates in some areas and councils being strapped for cash, the power to open new schools doesn’t seem significant. The proposed combined ‘mega’ councils will not be able to deliver the levels of service our schools urgently need in the short-med term.

So, is this a failure of school-based provision, the SEND system, accountability measures, or all three? The report itself is far more nuanced and it’s positive to see greater attention paid to both transition planning and careers guidance.

No more safety valve. A £986m scheme that has done nothing to support young people or made LAs any more sustainable. Bravo 👏🏻

“Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we’ve been waiting for. We are the change that we seek.”

High and raising standards, in every school and every trust calls @bphillipsonMP #CST2024 @CSTvoice

“schools have a huge list of interventions that they’re using, but very little reflection on how interventions are selected for particular pupils. It’s mainly trial and error” So. Many. Times.