Wellbeing for Educators

Wellbeing…Sometimes seen as the current buzzword or tokenistic however I believe this comes from it being “done” as a tickbox exercise. Having worked in a leadership role where wellbeing was my core responsibility, it is so much... Read more

Moving On Up: Supporting SEND Y6-7 Transition

Supporting SEND school transition. Moving from primary school to secondary is something that (nearly) all of us experience. I say ‘nearly’ because I live in Bedfordshire and we have lower, middle and upper schools so I changed school... Read more

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 useful to consider what this has meant for pupils with special educational needs and... Read more

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 supposed to be doing?  The requirement to open up testing centres in all schools with secondary... Read more

SENCo’s queue to get free help with Speech and Language Issues

Integrated Treatment Services see scores of SENCo's booking onto 'hubs' to make provisions for 10% of students with SLCN as reformations loom and NHS remains controversial. With the summer holidays already being a distant memory to most... Read more

The Local Offer, the SEN Information Report and the School SEND Policy.

The new SEND Code of Practice refers to a number of documents that have to be produced and made available from September 2014. The Local Offer must be published by each local authority. It sets out in one place information... Read more