School transport letter for Sept. Key points: we can't tell you what time it'll come so don't ask. Driver won't notify you when they arrive so you need to look out. After 3 mins they'll leave without telling you. Liverpool City Council shitty comms at its finest. Is this their new motto?

Very excited to have tickets to see Nick Cave on tour in Manchester. But now whenever I listen to NC on Spotify I get ads for divorce lawyers. I'd love to have a word with whoever did that ad targeting.

Today I'm proud and hopeful as our younger child starts secondary at an excellent special school & our eldest starts sixth form mainstream, having done well in GCSEs. Today they are an #adoption success story. The trauma the SEND system has piled on us really isn't.

At #RDC24 . Say hi.

Roblox Devs and their hats. Jackpot! #RDC24

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Chancellor Rachel Reeves announces a 2.3% core schools budget increase, £300m for FE, and "to improve outcomes for our most vulnerable children and ensure the system is financially sustainable I am providing a £1 billion uplift in funding- a 6% real terms increase from this year"

Good to hear about money for #SEND in the budget. The word "reform" makes me twitchy though. We need #accountability. In my experience, we have a clear framework, but LA stick two fingers up at parents and say "you can't make us" then draw out lengthy, expensive tribunals.

When your major achievement is getting an anxious kid to the station on time for a cinema trip, but you forget that Merseyrail cannot run to its own timetable. Happy Saturday!

Going to the Manchester date tomorrow. Very excited it has to be said. theguardian.com/music/2024/nov…

Dear #postadoption social workers. The five page form you send in advance of the meeting to assess for support is Part Of The Problem. If I wanted to write an essay, I would do an opinion piece for a national newspaper.

The internet: "Holding space" for Defying Gravity. Me: "But did you know it has an ambiguous tonal centre and the staccato articulations represent courage and defiance?" Every day's a learning day. #wicked BBC Bitesize bbc.co.uk/bitesize/guide…

Indefensible. Spending money on defending cases they can't win, so parents will give up, or they will delay provision to children in need. We had this with Liverpool City Council We won & had a complaint upheld as their withholding therapy can never be undone. theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/d…

Planet Planners on Roblox is a new geography game from BBC Bitesize delivering learning mapped to the KS3 geography curriculum in an immersive and engaging way. It is accessed via Roblox – an immersive platform for 3D experiences. Check it out! 👉 bbc.in/3VaiX5j

Keep EHC plans for special educational needs, MPs say - BBC News share.google/Go70FjMh1BcyVT… Still scarred by fighting an obstructive local authority all the way to tribunal (took years!) to get a fit for purpose EHCP. I'd like to see accountability strengthened, not a "backstop"

The BBC, in association with Agence France-Presse, the Associated Press, and Reuters, has launched a short film calling on the Israeli authorities to allow international journalists access to Gaza. Read more: bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/20…