Thank you. I'll try to take a look!

7. It seems to me to be pretty effective way of silencing the voices of families of children with SEND. ends.

6. So the legal cases that are, allegedly, bankrupting local authorities because parents are fighting for their children’s legal rights to an education, only make a tiny fraction of those who could have complaints about SEND education but aren't able to.

5. And, it gets worse. It’s not just academies. Only children with EHCPs can have their cases investigated so other children with SEND can’t.

4. The academy system contributes to "an extremely complex landscape where different people have access to different levels of redress depending on which school their child attends, or have no access to redress at all…this is neither logical nor is it fair.”

3. The system means that “young people, and their families, don’t get the help they need and lose vital weeks, months and years of education and development as a result. They don’t get that time back,” The LGO Amerdeep Somal says.

2. I had no idea (my children went to a maintained school) that academies may offer little or no redress for complaints. And, it’s obvious really, but academies aren’t subject to these LGO procedures. This is neither logical nor fair, says the Ombudsman.

I so agree!

4. No wonder teachers are frazzled. No wonder leaders are burnt out. No wonder parents are angry. No wonder children are leaving. It’s the system. It’s unfit for purpose. ends

3. The report puts worsening behaviour down to unmet need. That’s one factor, for sure. But it’s also down to a failing system; one that pits school staff against families, one that’s undersupported, and one that’s simply out of touch with the needs of today.

2. As I’ve said before, I’ve only ever seen one piece of research arguing children’s behaviour is improving (in Scotland, years ago), yet crime is falling. You’d expect a correlation. But laying this scepticism aside, the relationships between teachers and families appears to be worsening.

You too!