NEW POST: The SEND reforms in the Schools White Paper reveal rights given, and rights stripped away— here is our initial overview www.specialneedsjungle.com/send-reforms... #SaveOurChildrensRights

I don’t understand. Support should be reviewed every year through the Annual Review? What has specifically been leaked that makes the year 7 review any different than it is now?

The Door to Hell in Turkmenistan: a generation-spanning toxic fire visible from space, ignited by unaccountable specialists, left to fester for decades by feckless bureaucrats, is now close to being extinguished Whereas this tyre fire, on the other hand, is not 👇 www.ft.com/content/e1aa...

Four errors. Children don’t get diagnosed with SEND. Children get diagnosed with ASD/ADHD/dyslexia/DLD etc which MAY lead to them having SEND. Loose language and a lack of understanding over shared terminology is really not helping things.

The Blenheim Estate lost an oak, and as they like their fallen trees to remain in place to encourage wildlife, they asked artist Matthew Crabb to do his magic Photo: Pete Seaward

I've written to Keir Starmer, Kemi Badenoch and Nigel Farage, urging them to join me in condemning Elon Musk's dangerous remarks inciting violence yesterday. As leaders, we must stand together and make clear Musk will face serious consequences for these actions.

Inclusion isn’t a bolt-on. It’s the measure of whether our education system is working at all.

Excellent piece from @moremorrow.bsky.social. Defensive reactions to critique are unfortunately endemic on edutwitter but help nobody. I do find it ironic that we expect children to use critique to learn but we struggle with it ourselves.

The narrative of the SEND system failing / being broken has been effective. The shift to blaming the system rather than holding to accept those who have failed / refused to enact it lawfully or ethically has allowed children with SEND to be perceived as the problem.

I’m interested in this - who do you define as the most vulnerable? Vulnerable in which way? Vulnerable in the mainstream school - how many axes of vulnerability? Which ones carry the most weight? I’m genuinely interested, hence the multiple questions.

This was the draft definition of inclusion they put forward for consultation in their recent school inspections - no idea who they worked with on this, I think they’ve also commissioned something from NCB

I wonder if Mr Sproston should also be working with children and young people with SEND to develop his understanding of inclusion, be curious as to how their definition of inclusion differs from institutions.

Isabella plantation in Richmond park is stunning right now.

SEND is 'lose, lose, lose,' unless you're in line for some of these tasty £750pd & £900pd contracts with DfE Local government experience mandatory, experience of delivering SEND provision not required www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/notice/31286...

Yes. I’ve been writing about this for several years in @yorkshirebylines.co.uk What on earth do schools need superannuated business managers for? One of the biggest Tory cons ever. Stark naked emperors.

The Jurassic Coast never fails to impress.

Anon post: Looking to connect with school leaders or parents who have had positive experiences with flexi-schooling. I’d love to hear your insights and learn from your journey. Feel free to reach out or share. Please retweet to help spread the word.

It boils my piss that the news stories are continuously 'are we over-diagnosing mental health problems?' rather than 'oh my God what have we DONE to ourselves that SO many people are SO profoundly unhappy and anxious and unwell?'

So looking forward to discussing this book on Wednesday. There’s still time to reserve your place. Details below 👇

I continue to appreciate the sunset photos from my son who is living his best life .

Don’t let any one tell you that cutting disability benefits is about making “savings.” www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

This post has taken a beating on here. The article’s since been reshaped, new headline, but this is still up, so for clarity: The statement below is not true by any robust definition of what councils receive to budget for local road maintenance

My favourite time of year.

Even setting aside this article's daft premise - the cost comparisons only work if you ignore most of what counts as local government expenditure on road maintenance. It's deeply flawed. Never, ever get a pol corr to do a specialist's job www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

I’m sorry to point out the obvious, but you can’t intervene someone out of autism, or Down’s syndrome, or sensory processing disorder or dyslexia.

Exclusive: upper-tier LAs waste more resource each year on SEND tribunal defence (success rate: 2%) than they spend on road safety, or food safety, or public mental health, or sensory support, or winter services

So it’s Feeding Tube Awareness Week - an opportunity to shed light on a topic that is personal to me. My children are tube fed and there are many misconceptions about it. Please read my eldest’s perspective. helen2tubies.wordpress.com/2022/10/29/a...

Always appreciate my eldest sending me sunset photos from his new home.

However much Local Authorities and central government think SEND support is costing them, the price paid by families, especially by the children themselves and (typically) by their mothers, is far, far higher. inews.co.uk/inews-lifest... @spcialndsjungle.bsky.social @captaink77.bsky.social

“A situation where we are upholding nearly 100% of complaints cannot be one that is working for children & families” www.theguardian.com/education/20...

No surprise … Human behaviour cannot be managed from a tick sheet with people being right or wrong .

There's been a lot of talk about play recently in the #EarlyYears community especially given the @ofstednews.bsky.social quote that children's "hands and bodies are active, but their minds are not". Firstly, this is very obviously a misunderstanding of how play works based on poor observation. 🧵⬇️

The LGSCO upheld 92% of SEND complaints this year, with the ombudsman calling on the government to extend its powers. A damning report says failures cause thousands of children to have their development delayed by months or years. www.inkl.com/a/gpARQ...

Might use this platform to share more photos. I love an early Sunday morning restorative walk, preferably near water or amongst trees!