Let Us Communicate - Independent SEND Support Grp

Mr Bates vs The Post Office is the equivalent of the SEND Crisis. Lives destroyed The injustice The imbalance of power The assumption of wrongdoing The gaslighting The never-ending blame games The tribunals without accountability The Deny, Delay, Deflect, Dispose games

TOMORROW - 26 March 2026 #send reforms event - online - and free We will be going through the key points of the proposed reforms and I will - probably - make some comments about how badly thought out a lot of it is #sen #ehcp eventbrite.co.uk/e/send-reform-…

This is the LCWRA "Employment Support" 24 month follow-up report to the one published in March last year. This one confirms only a 3.3% employment impact is achieved after 24 months following voluntary Additional Work Coach Support. gov.uk/government/sta…

This is the press release today 'celebrating' the DWP having engaged 65,000 LCWRA with voluntary "Employment Support" gov.uk/government/new…

Govt today 'celebrates' having 'engaged' 65,000 LCWRA with "Employment Support" over the past year But highlights that programme can only achieve 3.3% employment impact after 24 mths Also only 2% work > 16 hrs pwk So 2,145 LCWRA of the 65,000 are expected to directly 'benefit'

This is really worth a listen hear how the SEND reforms could impact children, families, schools and governors #SEND specialneedsjungle.com/webinar-record…

*** SEND reform plans raise concerns – your views matter more than ever *** We know many of you will be rightly concerned about reports that the government plans to reduce the role of the tribunal – in line with what is set out in the consultation document – regardless of the feedback they get through the consultation. Contact has been very clear in every conversation we’ve had with ministers about SEND (special educational needs and disabilities) reform. We don’t want to see any change to the legal status of education, health and care (EHC) plans. And there should be no weakening of the powers of tribunals. We will continue to campaign and influence against any reduction in rights, and we’ll also be feeding back on it in our consultation response. We encourage you to do the same by taking part online. Read our news story where we explain what we know about recent reports, and why we think it's important to continue to share your views about anything you're concerned about. f.mtr.cool/zuumxkxquf

@Headteacherchat Curious to know how headteachers are viewing the SEND proposals? Specifically that responsibility will move from LA to schools to make decisions and provide provision. It seems like this will cause a lot more parent complaints and a lot of work for schools.

Don't forget the 7:30 SEND legal webinar tonight! We now have a few open places, so hurry! us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regist… Sadly, Steve Broach KC is unwell (sending best wishes!). Amazingly, Polly Sweeney of Rook, Irwin, Sweeney (of the consultation legal case) has agreed to step in!

Not in our name: How manufacturing consent for proposed SEND reforms has broken the social contract. - Special Needs Jungle specialneedsjungle.com/not-our-name-m…

NEW POST: Accountability group, @civicwatchblog says in their view, the government’s position on the SEND consultation is manufacturing consent where none exists, and it’s an assault on democratic standards that must be resisted specialneedsjungle.com/not-our-name-m…

@jeremycorbyn do you think you could share my child mental health campaign with your audience to help me get it into parliament? petition.parliament.uk/petitions/7486…

The special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) system is in crisis and, as the government acknowledged in its recent white paper, needs to change. A key gap is how education will work with healthcare to deliver the changes bmj.com/content/392/bm…

@carolecadwalla hi would you or would and one you know be able to help raise awareness of my child mental health campaign? petition.parliament.uk/petitions/7486…

The Department for Work and Pensions is now telling disabled people who need support through the Access to Work scheme that it could take 37 weeks to make a decision on their application, senior civil servants have told MPs. #AccessToWork #DWP disabilitynewsservice.com/new-access-to-…

That’s nonsense because many of the people who get what he calls welfare do in fact Work. And much of this total is paid to pensioners in return for their national insurance and they would certainly not consider it welfare. But it’s fake statistics like these that can influence peoples beliefs.

Unless you impose Zero Tolerance and Select your intake by Compliance (both morally disgusting), There is ONLY ONE way for a school with a very disadvantaged catchment and below average Attainment to come out of their next Ofsted without NA or worse, for Achievement...

Do the consultation by email rather than online form (makes it easier for them to dismiss by AI) gov.uk/government/new… "How PIP can remain within fixed financial limits" - means tested?

On SNJ Today: The DfE's callous response to the #SEND consultation legal challenge shows it's all a sham—parents' views do not matter, and it's determined to kneecap the SEND Tribunal. For our children's sake, we MUST NOT accept it. #SaveOurChildrensRights specialneedsjungle.com/government-not…

So much for listening to parents and families.... This is disgraceful. A betrayal of the most vulnerable. @bphillipsonMP @Georgia_Gould @educationgovuk

Today we have our #SEND tribunal hearing for our child. Leading up to and during tribunal the LA have agreed to meeting our daughter's needs. Before they were insisting on widely inappropriate provision. And the government is going to tribunal rights away. lawgazette.co.uk/news/plan-to-h…