• Lorraine Petersen wrote a new post 5 months ago

    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 s […]

  • Lorraine Petersen wrote a new post 4 years ago

    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 useful to consider what this has meant for pupils with special educational […]

  • Lorraine Petersen wrote a new post 5 years ago

    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 supposed to be doing? 

    The requirement to open up testing centres in all […]

  • Lorraine Petersen wrote a new post 5 years ago

    Lorraine Petersen has compared this document with the mainstream one that was updated on 28th August and has indicated the additional information for specialist settings.

    Purpose of this guidance

    In […]

  • Lorraine Petersen wrote a new post 5 years ago

    1. Work closely with parent carers in everything that you are planning. For many students their parent carers have taken on the extended role of teacher, therapist, support worker and much more for nearly half a […]

  • Lorraine Petersen wrote a new post 6 years ago

    Clinical commissioning groups (CCGs), local authorities and
    health professionals must work together to provide co-ordinated services to
    support children and young people with SEND.

    Clinicians and therapists […]

  • Lorraine Petersen wrote a new post 6 years ago

    Section 19 of the Children and Families Act 2014 makes clear
    that local authorities, in carrying out their functions under the Act in
    relation to disabled children and young people and those with […]

  • Lorraine Petersen wrote a new post 6 years ago

    The Code of Practice provides statutory guidance on duties,
    policies and procedures relating to Part 3 of the Children and Families Act
    2014 and associated regulations and applies to England.

    It relates to […]

  • Lorraine Petersen wrote a new post 9 years ago

    On 19th October 2016 Justine Greening, Secretary of State for Education, made a statement about primary education. She acknowledged that the new assessments at the end of KS 2 taken this summer raised the bar on […]

  • Lorraine Petersen wrote a new post 10 years ago

     
    Behaviour and Discipline in Schools – January 2016 – DfE
    This is departmental advice for school leaders and school staff on developing a school behaviour policy. It has been updated  to reflect that, from […]

  • Lorraine Petersen wrote a new post 10 years ago

     
    Year 7 literacy and numeracy catch-up premium
    The literacy and numeracy catch-up premium gives schools additional funding to support year 7 pupils who did not achieve at least level 4 in reading or maths at […]

  • Lorraine Petersen wrote a new post 10 years ago

    Code of Practice updates
    In September the DfE published the third edition of their Transition to the new 0-25 SEND system document. This is departmental advice for local authorities and their partners and sets […]

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