Transcript Schools NorthEast

The SEN Green Paper
Your views
Background
• Trailed prior to election and immediately post May
• Coalition Schools Minister, Sarah Teather launched
review in September
• To inform Green Paper in ‘Autumn’
• Critical Ofsted report
• Percentage of Children with a statement of Special
needs placed in a mainstream school:
• North East second lowest in the country with 38.4%% compared
to 53.4%
• Middlesbrough has the lowest % of statemented pupils in
mainstream schools in each region (2010)
The SEN Review
“Most significant since
Warnock” June 2010
Michael Gove
Secretary of State
“I want to make inclusion work better
for parents who want to keep their
children in mainstream education”
“I want special and mainstream schools to work more closely
together”
“Local
Authorities are the gatekeepers and funders in the
SEN system; this needs reform, I think it is wrong”
“I want the review to look at why so many children are
identified as having SEN ; this is critically important.”
Sarah Teather
Education Minister
“Children with special educational needs and
disabilities should have the same opportunities as
other children, but the current system is so adversarial
that too often this doesn’t happen.
I want parents, teachers, charities, teaching unions and local authorities to come
forward with the changes they think are needed to make the system better for
children with SEN and their families.
Parents should be in control of their child’s education and future. Importantly,
they must be involved in discussions and decisions about the support they need
rather than feel they have to battle the system. I want to make it easier for
parents to choose where their child is educated.
I want to look at every aspect of SEN – from assessment and identification to
funding and education. We need to strip away the cumbersome bureaucracy but
ensure there is a better, more comprehensive service for families.”
Areas highlighted
• System too complex
• Greater choice to parents “end battle for
everything”
• Improve diagnosis and assessment
• Improve supply of specialist staff + CPD
• Overhaul funding – “more cost effective”
• Halt unnecessary closures of Special Schools
• Post 16 support
• Greater transparency
• Less bureaucracy
Overview
1. What about the current system needs to
change?
2. What about the current system needs to be
retained?
Identifying needs
1. The statutory frameworks – do they work/are
they appropriate?
2. Early identification and speed of access to
support – how can this be improved?
3. The process of assessment – how can the
linkages between services, engagement with
parents and professional input be
strengthened?
Accessing the right
support
1. How can we/do we need to improve the
choices of schools and services available to
parents and the opportunities for them to be
involved in decisions that affect their family?
2. What are the barriers to parental choice?
3. What should be the role of the LA?
Post 16
1. How can we ensure all schools and colleges
have high expectations for children and young
people with special educational needs and
disabilities, and help young people to develop
the skills for employment and their future
potential and contribution to society?
2. How can we improve the transition from school
to adult life for young people with special
educational needs and disabilities and the
support provided for their families throughout?
Teacher supply and
development
1. How can we increase the number of SEN
specialist teachers?
2. How can we improve all aspects of SEN
professional development for teachers from
ITT on?
Leadership
1. How can we increase the number of SEN
specialists moving into school leadership?
Collaboration
1. How can we strengthen relationships between
Special Schools and mainstream schools?
New policies– implications for
SEN?
1.Spending cuts
2.Academies
3.Free schools
How can we help?
Questions?
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