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Maxine Webb
@maxkitty.bsky.social
Campaigner. Activist. Independent county councillor, Norfolk. #SEND #Disability #SocialJustice
Hopeful but tired.
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NEW POST: Parent campaigner @rachel.stopsafetyvalve.uk petition to scrap the government’s #SEND #SafetyValve scheme was cancelled when the election was called. Today, her campaign is relaunching the petition to prevent more disabled children being harmed: www.specialneedsjungle.com/p...
January 28, 2025 at 6:02 AM
One of Norfolk’s solutions to the #SEND crisis is for Gov to “relax the rules” on the legal requirement for Ed Psychs in EHCPs. Today the council leader declared that Ed Psychs “are not always the best placed person to do EHCP needs assessments”

Will be asking for her evidence for this claim 🤔
January 28, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Reposted by Maxine Webb
Ever wondered what it’s like to hear biased, inaccurate local government aims pouring out of the DfE by way of a dodgy report? You can hear three of hours of that in the recent PAC meeting, or I’ve explained them all here instead. What a mess.
NEW POST: This week the Commons Public Accounts Committee quizzed top Education and Health civil servants about SEND. We thought it was a bit too gentle, so we gave SNJ’s @rachel.stopsafety-valve.uk the task of scrutinising them instead. It's long, but oh, so worth the read www.specialneedsjung...
November 22, 2024 at 7:00 AM
Time for a first post here.

Norfolk County Council has made headlines before because of the language used in reports about #SEND, when it referred in plans to “turn the tap off” EHCP referrals. 1/5

schoolsweek.co.uk/council-critic…
November 22, 2024 at 8:05 AM