Now is the time for accountability! Failed leaders must resign to make way for actual improvements. Sign the petition: change.org/p/demand-nicol… Special Needs Jungle Matthew Keer SEND National Crisis SEND Action SEND Community Alliance

Finally got an answer. LG & SC Ombudsman changed their assessment thresholds for SEND complaints but this was all done verbally with no documentation. Matthew Keer Samantha Booth whatdotheyknow.com/request/thresh…

Latest from me: on the worsening crisis in special educational needs provision, & what's really going on - councils' SEND budgets are now deep in the red, and Whitehall is pushing them towards cuts that will tilt the system even further into failure theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

🚨The special needs system is on the brink of collapse. The government's spending watchdog will publish its own likely damning investigation this week But we’ve been chronicling the collapse for years. And I just want to set out how seriously bad things are … (mega 🧵)

On LBC this morning with @Matthew_Wright for Special Needs Jungle, talking about The Guardian shocking front page story on SEND tribunal statistics. For up to date stats, see Matthew Keer article here: specialneedsjungle.com/55-rise-2024-s…

This short🧵introduces you to a rather special UK outfit known as the Air & Space Warfare Centre: RAF Air & Space Warfare Centre . Not everything UK Defence does is about platforms and fighting units. Indeed, we have some of the best brains in the business and many of them work here: 1/6

41 (Test and Evaluation) Squadron pushed the Typhoon to its limits in Finland. 🇫🇮 Landing and taking off on icy runways, operating in below freezing conditions. 🥶 Exercise Snowrider proved the Typhoon’s versatility, capable to #FlyAndFight anywhere.

JADTEU in Portland Harbour clearing RAF Chinooks for firefighting bucket operations ahead of deployment to Cyprus where they will act as stop-gap replacing the Puma HC2s. The H145s will finally arrive next year, but the decision to not extend Puma made this necessary.

It is with great sadness we announce the passing of John ‘Paddy’ Hemingway DFC – Last of ‘The Few’. We reflect not only on his sacrifices, but the sacrifices of all those who served & fought in WWII. Paddy, thank you for your service. Per Ardua ad Astra raf.mod.uk/news/articles/…

UK Defence is investing in agile tech to stay ahead. First Person View (FPV) drones can jam targets, scout terrain, and strike targets — all in one flight. A trial deploying FPVs from an RAF Chinook helicopter called Hornets Nest was recently completed.

NEW POST: Cut Scenes writes about why we need to get the petition to protect #SEND rights to 100,000 signatures. Read more about why signing is vital—and if you haven’t already, please SIGN and SHARE this post and petition! specialneedsjungle.com/act-now-sign-s…

The RAF is supporting the UK Government around the clock to keep British nationals safe. An A400M evacuates vulnerable British nationals & their dependants out of Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories.

I have written a piece for The i Paper expressing my alarm that the DfE has decided too much access to specialist schools is the problem it is going to solve: inews.co.uk/opinion/ive-al…

Chris Coghlan MP: A parent whose children have significant disabilities had to go to tribunal 4 times. It cost her life savings and her marriage. It is not only profoundly disabled children who are mistreated by local authorities. I have today published almost 500 family

NATO Read more here: raf.mod.uk/news/articles/…

NEW POST: MP, Chris Coghlan MP 🔶 calls on schools to speak out about councils’ "systematic, moral, and ethical” abuse of #SEND law. He's committed to defending children's rights. Will your MP do the same? specialneedsjungle.com/mp-abuse-send-…

SEND reforms to 'strip away' children's legal protections, charity says bbc.in/4bcRdnZ

This is outrageous: The government admits plans to strip the SEND Tribunal of its most significant powers are non-negotiable. The Law Society Gazette says a government response showed it won’t consider feedback on this critical aspect of its SEND reforms. lawgazette.co.uk/news/key-final…

‘The key issue is not only what happens with regard to what a child is entitled to, but also whether that entitlement can be enforced’: two IPSEA legal experts issue a warning about the government’s SEND plans tes.com/magazine/analy…