Unusually strong language from the LGSCO on SEND in their annual review of complaints. Education complaints made up 26% of all LGSCO complaints in 2023-24. Fault found in 92% of these complaints and they say “the numbers are increasingly rapidly”. lgo.org.uk/assets/attach/…

We are concerned that this summary doesn't convey the risk to children and young people's statutory rights if this 'blueprint for reform' were to be accepted. The children's sector should be working together to strengthen and uphold rights, not accept their removal.

Seeking to justify the gatekeeping when they should be pushing back up the money stream rather kicking downwards. Disgusting

NEW POST: Parents of disabled children traumatised by the public bodies that should be supporting them. “Families have to be ‘beyond reasonable’ Catriona Moore writes, because it’s all too easy to be labelled “difficult” with the ensuing consequences specialneedsjungle.com/parents-disabl…

Bigots who’ve built entire careers inciting precisely the evil we’re witnessing did not ‘warn’ of it. The only honest ‘warnings’ came from people who explained what would happen if we kept giving racist liars newspaper columns, TV & radio slots & season tickets for Question Time.

Civil society, not civil war. Do please repost, #Elon

One for allt racists 👀 Satire in case it int obvious 🤦‍♂️

When you’re scrolling through twItter, eyes popping at all the batshit posts, and then you realise you accidentally strayed onto the #foryou feed. 👀🤯😩 Wtf

#brumunited

Resolution Foundation If society/policy makers viewed disability much more through the prism of the social model rather than the medical model, and focused on making services and environments, particularly education, inclusive right from the start of a child’s life… 1/

After a Lovely day celebrating my daughter’s birthday I’m so frustrated at how slow it is to get her case through the #EHCP panel. Out of education ten months and won’t have a placement agreed by September. She decorated this cake. She’s amazing and deserves better #SEND #ND

This was written as a lyric but I wanted to share before it finds its musical voice because I’m feeling so p/ssed off with the #SEND system in this country. #squarepeg #adhd #asc #Neurodivergent

Bearly Politics My analytical prediction team has also been working hard behind the scenes. Up to 16 million squirrels could be chased up the trees back to where they came from. Those squirrels, coming down here and burying our acorns. 🙄🙄🙄