What every Inclusion Lead/Director of SEND should know this Spring?
Read the very latest summary on DfE and Ofsted agenda’s In this more difficult SEN climate where MATs are having to provide services that...
Lorraine Petersen
Welcome Back! SENCO Support for the next academic year
The first month of the new academic year is over and SENCOs across the country will have been getting to grips with all of the SEND...
SEND Review: Right support: Right place: Right time
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How do schools get their pupils back into school?
When will the Schools White Paper, SEND Green Paper and Independent Reviews of Children’s Social Care be published? It has been a very...
Where has all the “catch-up funding gone?”
As everyone was enjoying their half-term break the government announced a further £1.4bn to support COVID recovery in schools this which...
Catch-up for children with SEND – what will this look like going forward?
As we approach the milestone of one year since the country went into its first lock-down due to the global pandemic I thought it would be...
Supporting SEND pupils during the third lockdown
Who could have imagined that as they went on holiday in December, schools would be back in January trying to figure out what they were...
Guidance for full opening: special schools and other specialist settings – Updated 8th September
Lorraine Petersen has compared this document with the mainstream one that was updated on 28th August and has indicated the additional...
Top Ten Tips for preparing schools for September for pupils with SEND
1. Work closely with parent carers in everything that you are planning. For many students their parent carers have taken on the extended...
What health professionals need to know about the SEND Code of Practice 2015
Clinical commissioning groups (CCGs), local authorities and health professionals must work together to provide co-ordinated services to...
