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Government admits key final decisions on the SEND Tribunal have already been made, despite consultation on its SEND reforms being open till 18 May. It's at odds with ministers' statements on the consultation engaging people 'before any final decision'. lawgazette.co.uk/news/key-final…

NEW POST: The DfE is consulting on updating Statutory Guidance for Supporting pupils with medical conditions at school. SNJ's @Tanialt discusses some interesting inclusions, and startling omissions. Here’s what you need to know: specialneedsjungle.com/consultation-s…

For your information: when Eddie died of meningitis, he didn't have a rash on his body. I discovered after he had died (as I was pulling him from his bed) that he had a rash in his armpits.

REGISTER NOW: Have you signed up for our SEND /Schools White Paper Legal Roundtable yet? With Steve Broach KC, Hayley Mason-Seager, IPSEA & SOS!SEN - One week to go and not many places left! specialneedsjungle.com/register-now-s…

NEW POST: Eleanor Wright, Legal Officer with SEND law charity, @sos_sen asks sceptically if SEND lawyers are REALLY opposing the Government’s reform proposals just to protect their “vested interests” as Bridget Phillipson claims? specialneedsjungle.com/send-lawyers-o…

A thread of tweets follows this tweet, explaining when the guidelines were produced and what they actually say.

Anyone who has sat reading to and with their babies, toddlers and under-fives knows that this comment below is nonsense.

Suggesting that Judges decide verdicts in thousands of cases is Peak Starmer. Lawyer MPs recommending that other lawyers decide things under the leadership of a lawyer leader. Lawyers, lawyers, lawyers. Above ordinary people. Well, let me tell you a secret about lawyers… 🧵

Private equity owns lion’s share of children’s foster services in England, ‘bleeding the sector of money’. Profits margins of 19%. Money extracted in interest payments, intragroup charges. Children suffer. Ban profit-taking entities from foster services. observer.co.uk/news/national/…

These are the people that should get Six figure bonuses

"Your son might work in a grocery store bagging groceries for the rest of his life." Someone said this to me right after my son Jack was diagnosed with autism. Over the years, the words stuck with me. I thought about them when he couldn't sit for circle time in kindergarten. When he couldn't take the bus home from school safely. When he started middle school, then high school. Fast-forward. Jack is twenty-one now. He works in a grocery store. He cuts fruit in the produce department. He works from 8:00 - 2:00 three days a week. He sets his alarm. He puts on his uniform. He walks to the bus station. He arrives on time. In this life alongside autism, I've learned it's not always about the destination, but how you got there in the first place. I've learned that a life lived differently is not a life less lived. Any any work, not matter what kind, is honorable. What a beautiful thing. Please join me in congratulating my son Jack on the first four months at his job. We are fiercely proud of him. Credit: Carrie Cariello

@bepeco @fapoooooo @NoContextBrits Unknown amounts are uncountable 😉

@fapoooooo @NoContextBrits "She made less than £10" "He weighs less than 90 kilograms" "It is less than 30 minutes 'til the show starts" These are all countable nouns... 😉

Tesco vs. Waitrose.

New: Former headteacher and DfE adviser Ruth Miskin sees her phonics company’s value climb to £19 million educationuncovered.co.uk/news/former-he… Post-tax profits at Ruth Miskin Literacy, whose sole shareholder is Dame Ruth, have approached £10 million in total over the past four years.

@JamesHandscombe @RebeccaScambler @RogersHistory Complaints are managed via a policy so handling them is part of operations. Surely frontline teachers are not dealing with formal complaints? You said ‘potential of humans to be ridiculous’, presumably meaning parents so wondered if it applied to other humans eg SEND children?

@June4oneness @RebeccaScambler @RogersHistory Not sure what either of those sentences mean - can you clarify?

If we have a ‘complaints culture’ in school, how about looking at what is going wrong in schools to warrant so many emails of concern from parents. If my early emails hadn’t been ignored maybe my daughter would still be in school!

@JamesHandscombe @RebeccaScambler @RogersHistory Appreciate your view point but these are still administrative issues. BTW children are also humans so hope their SEND are not viewed as ridiculous.

@June4oneness @RebeccaScambler @RogersHistory The 2nd is that you underestimate the potential of humans to be ridiculous. Some complaints are not to do with children, some are demands for resource that just doesn’t exist, & some are taking offence at school policies that are fair and well communicated but not how I’d do it.

@jon_severs Or….a reliance on charity & goodwill to resolve SEND issues so no funding needed - a truly psychopathic vision

I am not sure your average church is going to really have the set up for a special school - and the cost of a retrofit does not really suggest a firm grasp of budgets

@JamesHandscombe @RebeccaScambler @RogersHistory Surely within every complaint lies the need of the child & warrants attention rather than judgement calls about its merit. Complaints are standard fare for every service sector - schools aren’t exempt & should aim to be Outstanding for every child

@RebeccaScambler There are some good complaints that get made and resolved - hooray. There are some good complaints that are made and not resolved - this is the issue you raise. There are some bad complaints that take time resolving - this drains school resources & is the issue of @RogersHistory

@AdamHighcliffe @PaulGarvey4 @RogersHistory TTR echo-chamber-censorship-values criteria would be really useful for parents to help plaster over SEND policy cracks in schools.….pretty please!

So, someone please let SEND parents know what "values" Teachers Talk Radio has regarding SEND, so that they can align with them & be allowed to be heard. Recently this has looked like: encouraging division, misinformation & abuse. Are these the values, @RogersHistory? 👂

Can anyone explain what Teacher Talk Radio's "mission statement & values" are for SEND? Recently they had a guy on who claimed many SEND kids had "deep-seated personality disorders" & "behave really badly at school", but @RogersHistory just nodded. Are these the values? 1/5

New: Two-school academy trust bidding to cut teaching assistant pay by “up to £4,000 per year” – despite reserves of nearly £4 million educationuncovered.co.uk/news/two-schoo… NEU members at Woodfield, a special school in Brent, north London, will reach ninth day of strike action this week.

@AdamHighcliffe Tarring & feathering approach in full swing but yeah….some call it leadership

Maybe Tom, just maybe, there's a nuanced story here, rather than a torches-and-pitchforks one...