@sp1ngirl.bsky.social
Parent to a child with SEN. Often found advocating for support for own family and others. Likes to learn/share info on related issues incl. UK law/policy. Retweets are not necessarily endorsements.
So sorry to hear that.
November 30, 2025 at 10:37 PM
So sorry to hear that.
The only people who hold anyone accountable in the system are parents. The current means to do so is via Tribunal appeals. There is a reason why more than 90% of SEN appeals succeed. I would start there in working out what needed to improve outcomes: why are appeals necessary to get needs met?
November 30, 2025 at 9:59 PM
The only people who hold anyone accountable in the system are parents. The current means to do so is via Tribunal appeals. There is a reason why more than 90% of SEN appeals succeed. I would start there in working out what needed to improve outcomes: why are appeals necessary to get needs met?
Messy, 'wicked' problem for sure. IMO the funding increases are only one consequence of much broader and more systemic difficulties.
November 30, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Messy, 'wicked' problem for sure. IMO the funding increases are only one consequence of much broader and more systemic difficulties.
Same in my house. Happy to help!
November 30, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Same in my house. Happy to help!
Agree can be soft and hard to quantify. Think predicting 'expected progress' at population level is difficult, as is 'expected response' to particular SEN provision. Depends on indivudual's strengths/needs. CYP often have to try and fail before something effective offered. One size doesn't fit all.
November 30, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Agree can be soft and hard to quantify. Think predicting 'expected progress' at population level is difficult, as is 'expected response' to particular SEN provision. Depends on indivudual's strengths/needs. CYP often have to try and fail before something effective offered. One size doesn't fit all.
Don't think there is no proof of improvement or failure, or Tribunal appeals would not succeed. I think difficult because evidence is at individual level. If CYP not 'typically developing', standardised outcomes difficult, maybe not possible? Difficult to aggregate/evaluate into performance measure?
November 30, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Don't think there is no proof of improvement or failure, or Tribunal appeals would not succeed. I think difficult because evidence is at individual level. If CYP not 'typically developing', standardised outcomes difficult, maybe not possible? Difficult to aggregate/evaluate into performance measure?
And complexity of articulating 'success' has consequences. If can't demonstrate it clearly, easy to cut funding? Also side effect is poor provision gets a free pass? Can give examples from experience where poor provision resulting in poor progress gets blamed on the child's disabilities.
November 30, 2025 at 12:01 PM
And complexity of articulating 'success' has consequences. If can't demonstrate it clearly, easy to cut funding? Also side effect is poor provision gets a free pass? Can give examples from experience where poor provision resulting in poor progress gets blamed on the child's disabilities.
Think would be hard to collect or judge: don't think it exists. For CYP with complex support needs outcomes and progress are individualised. At an individual level I can tell you, with evidence, my child could not have learned to communicate without SEN provision I fought for years to get in place.
November 30, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Think would be hard to collect or judge: don't think it exists. For CYP with complex support needs outcomes and progress are individualised. At an individual level I can tell you, with evidence, my child could not have learned to communicate without SEN provision I fought for years to get in place.
Ben thanks for saying this. My child is never going to get a GCSE but still needs education. The focus on intelligence as central to judging if worthy of support is inhumane. Like going back to the days of declaring that some children are 'ineducable', like some children just don't matter.
November 30, 2025 at 11:17 AM
Ben thanks for saying this. My child is never going to get a GCSE but still needs education. The focus on intelligence as central to judging if worthy of support is inhumane. Like going back to the days of declaring that some children are 'ineducable', like some children just don't matter.
Higher % obtaining GCSE may be the right measure of EHCP outcomes for those capable of attaining them.
For many others, it is developing fundamental skills, like communication/speech: no obvious measure, as outcomes are bespoke.
The latter are most likely to be harmed by dilution of rights/EHCPs.
For many others, it is developing fundamental skills, like communication/speech: no obvious measure, as outcomes are bespoke.
The latter are most likely to be harmed by dilution of rights/EHCPs.
November 30, 2025 at 9:37 AM
Higher % obtaining GCSE may be the right measure of EHCP outcomes for those capable of attaining them.
For many others, it is developing fundamental skills, like communication/speech: no obvious measure, as outcomes are bespoke.
The latter are most likely to be harmed by dilution of rights/EHCPs.
For many others, it is developing fundamental skills, like communication/speech: no obvious measure, as outcomes are bespoke.
The latter are most likely to be harmed by dilution of rights/EHCPs.
