Technically, state schools in England aren't fully secular btw, regardless of whether or not they are faith schools. There's still a legal requirement for a daily act of collective worship, even if it's mostly ignored.

Why each lesson is not the only lesson: #Teaching staff are aware of the vulnerabilities of students, but how conscious are we of the cumulative impact of lessons & school life on our most #vulnerable ? SEA Inclusion & Safeguarding advises buff.ly/3xHEGss #teachertwitter #teachers

A rainbow to start the day

After a successful morning’s safeguarding training,a quick visit to see some old friends.

Why each lesson is not the only lesson: #Teaching staff are aware of the vulnerabilities of students, but how conscious are we of the cumulative impact of lessons & school life on our most #vulnerable ? SEA Inclusion & Safeguarding advises buff.ly/4cUGA9g #teachertwitter #teachers

Starting my final term as a SENCo before retirement/ work restructure in July.
I will continue to work with SEND and Safeguarding consultancy and training.

If you only read one @headteachernews article this week: Why each lesson is not the only lesson: How conscious are we of the cumulative impact of lessons & school life on our most #vulnerable ? SEA Inclusion & Safeguarding advises #teachertwitter headteacher-update.com/content/best-p…

Wow, articulate or what. Brilliant defence of 'woke'.

Why each lesson is not the only lesson: #Teaching staff are aware of the vulnerabilities of students, but how conscious are we of the cumulative impact of lessons & school life on our most #vulnerable ? SEA Inclusion & Safeguarding advises #teachertwitter #edutwitter sec-ed.co.uk/content/best-p…

Why each lesson is not the only lesson: #Teaching staff are aware of the vulnerabilities of students, but how conscious are we of the cumulative impact of lessons & school life on our most #vulnerable ? SEA Inclusion & Safeguarding advises #teachertwitter #edutwitter headteacher-update.com/content/best-p…

After wandering over into eugenics twitter, I had a bit of a mental break from so much social media. Now, moving into a weekend it’s the continual balance of where to go to help kid’s independence. Please sign & share my petition petition.parliament.uk/petitions/6559…

Adaptive #teaching or differentiation? For years we have spoken about differentiation in the classroom. Now everyone is talking about adaptive teaching. Sara Alston – SEA Inclusion & Safeguarding – reminds us it ain’t what you call it but the way that you do it buff.ly/3VlMMB4

Maybe it’s not wayward children or disinterested lumpen parents…. Maybe it’s the schools?

SEN Books is for sale. Rachel and I would like to retire. Its a great successful bookshop and publisher which we've owned for 25 years. Can be run from home and can be relocated. If you'd like more details please DM us.

‘Child protection cases that would have resulted in an intervention a couple of years ago are now “routinely being passed back to schools to deal with themselves”.

The situation for many schools has been that when they identify a child with urgent safeguarding needs, they are…

The news here in the UK of choosing school photos that remove children with complex needs, and a child not being allowed to trampoline without a dr’s letter due to having Down Syndrome shows we have a VERY long way to go in the world of inclusion. We can and MUST do better.

Worryingly there are 2 stories on the top of the news websites about discrimination against those with visible disabilities. Is this what we are becoming? Tempest Photography Sally Phillips

gov.uk/government/cal… Please get involved

As TB speaks he uses deficit ideologies, victim blaming, racial and class-based profiling.

Millions of pounds of tax payers money over years in the role and he has made zero positive impact on behaviour in schools.

Shame.

Adaptive #teach ing or differentiation? For years we have spoken about differentiation in the classroom. Now everyone is talking about adaptive teaching. Sara Alston – SEA Inclusion & Safeguarding – reminds us it ain’t what you call it but the way that you do it buff.ly/3VlMMB4 #teach