Find out more about our plans in our podcast as we speak to @MartynEOliver and Lee Owston: ofstedtalks.podbean.com/e/improving-th…

Blogpost: the summer term SENDCO Consider these 8 areas as potential priorities for the summer term, which broadly fit into 2 categories: doing the summer term well and preparing to do next year well… sendmatters.co.uk/2022/04/12/the…

Really enjoyed the audience! A lovely full house at Warwick Arts Centre today - if you were there, thanks for coming! If you weren’t: the tour goes on! gylesbrandreth.net for details … I think it’s Ipswich next Sunday!

Delighted to read this evaluation of WE's work in SEND School improvement, which is "well-positioned to build the capacity and capability of leaders of SEND at both school and system level (across MATs and LAs) to meet complex and changing SEND needs” shorturl.at/wiqTJ

How can we develop young people’s #oracy skills & what does best practice in #schools look like? This free 21-page SecEd guide dives into all that #teaching oracy entails. Lots of ideas, examples, lesson advice & case studies. Get your free pdf buff.ly/DD8CL5j #teachers

"Teaching Assistants are integral to the education workforce, providing invaluable support to pupils, and teachers." Kirstin Mulholland, our senior associate, introduces two new resources to support implementation of changes to TA deployment. Read more: eef.li/tXjzNK 1/2

"Research tells us that most people (including adults!) are not very good at studying. Information becomes better encoded in long-term memory when we are quizzed on it, or when we quiz ourselves on it. With this in mind, partner quizzing has become an important system for

As you’d expect, given its Peps, Jennifer Barker and Josh Goodrich, this is an incredibly thoughtful paper which provides a compelling diagnosis set as well as clear, realistic actions to better serve pupils with SEND. Well worth adding to the SLT meeting agenda.

How will our kids cope without their #EHCP? It’s the only legally binding document available and we have to fight to get it adhered to already! 👇🤬💔

The #send system needs to recognise what the problem is. the problem is not the law. the problem is not #ehcp the solution is not more turmoil, erosion of standards or destruction of opportunities for young people. please sign the petition petition.parliament.uk/petitions/7110…

SEND, EHCP proposed reforms, & education cuts continue to grip the nations front pages. Senior Case Manager & Case Management Hub Leader Diana Magrane explains what would happen to many children, if EHCP's were to be removed #CircleCM #EHCP #SEND #CaseManager #CaseManagement

Children with special educational needs at risk of losing school support - The Independent. apple.news/Atx0Q46EKQ3iR-…

New data today - 5.3% EHCP and 14.2% SEN Support. There are good news stories behind this increase -better identification, improvements in medical science, more awareness of neurodivergence. That’s not the whole picture, but is an important part of it. tinyurl.com/5n8ewvzd

The government has announced that it will extend the statutory override that allows local authorities to keep their SEND spending deficits off their books tes.com/magazine/news/…

Making Every Lesson Count by Shaun Allison & Andy Tharby is without a doubt, a brilliant teaching & learning book. It's one I revisit & regularly recommend to others. Getting to the heart of expert teaching in every classroom! 👏

📚 Last week we asked about your summer reads – and most of you voted: fiction only! But if you fancy stacking your shelves with brilliant CPD books by our expert team, we’ve got a giveaway for you! 1⃣ Follow us 2⃣ Like the giveaway post 3⃣ Share it First book drops tomorrow!

Organisational change is happening at a scale & pace we've rarely seen previously in the health & care sector. It is stirring up profound anxiety within teams. For leaders, understanding the powerful psychological undercurrents at play in driving group behaviour in times of

This is Russell Barkley. The world's leading ADHD authority. He spent 50+ years researching what really causes ADHD and helped millions manage their ADHD and live their life. Here are his top 6 strategies everyone with ADHD should know (& how to use it to your advantage): 🧵

Strategies to support Dyslexia - H. Aird

Shooting stars will be visible in the skies tonight, as the Perseid meteor shower reaches its peak. The annual event occurs when the earth moves through the trail of debris left by the Swift-Tuttle comet, which orbits the sun.