Study finds nearly half of excluded children have special educational needs channel4.com/news/study-fin… via Channel 4 News

This makes me sick to my core. 22% of children with SEND compared to 74% of non-SEND reaching expected standard. What can Department for Education do to help? • protect SENCO time • better teacher training • less restrictive curriculum • fund schools properly #simple

A coroner has criticised mental health services after failures in the lead-up to an autistic boy's death.buff.ly/30657Xp

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A school in north London unlawfully kicked out sixth-formers halfway through their A-levels because they didn’t achieve high enough grades. A DfE spokesperson said that any off-rolling on the basis of academic results, “...is quite simply breaking the law” ow.ly/6u9V30py6W8

‘Shameful rise’: 18% of children now leave school as low achievers. The figures for children with SEND are particularly stark with almost half (45%) failing to reach what is known as level 2 attainment by the time they finish compulsory education. ow.ly/4gMX30pzuVf

She only went and won it! Well done Emily, superhero DanART1972 #NDA19 Dan White : Disability Campaigner / Author / ♿️ Aimee loved the National Diversity Awards again. No vibe like it. Thanks to Amanda Wakeley for the beautiful dress.

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Dear Gavin Williamson, outsourcing excluded pupils to new free schools won’t help. The Guardian’s Michael Rosen poses a few questions to the Education Secretary ow.ly/X9Me30pBr4b

Schools that permanently exclude pupils should pay for the costs of reintegrating them into other provision, says a report by London councils. It also calls on Ofsted not to give ‘outstanding’ grades to schools that fail to show they are inclusive. ow.ly/UtGg30pBrGp

We need action on accountability for those failing our children #sendnationalcrisis

They've also been airbrushed out schools and hidden away in special schools.

NEW POST: Jenna's 10, has missed two years of school, and is campaigning for SEND inclusion. Today, she’s written for SNJ, introduced first of all by another awesome teenage campaigner, SNJ columnist, Siena Castellon specialneedsjungle.com/jennas-10-miss…

Launching the SEND Community Alliance: An independent campaign group - bit.ly/2C3mp9e via Shareaholic

Robert Goodwill MP: Stop All Professionals Using False Accusations of Emotional Harm & MSBP/FII on SEN Parents - Sign the Petition! chng.it/TDgrjMgK via Change.org UK

The Government is still claiming that they’re ‘leveling up’ funding for every school. But 83% of schools in England will be worse off next year than they were in 2015. Find out if your school is still losing out: schoolcuts.org.uk

This statement is one I can relate to so well. #Anxiety #Trauma #OurKidsMatter #Education #RightToEducation - Education is more than a curriculum - ask yourself what support a child is getting b4 kicking them out of your class - fight for support #Referral #EduTwitter

A Freedom of Information request shows that Derbyshire County Council last year spent £40.5K on barristers to fight 19 tribunals. These tribunals involved parents trying to secure sufficient support for their children who have special educational needs and disabilities.

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