Warren Carratt
@warrencarratt.bsky.social
Dad of two, husband of one. Comic book geek and Man City fan. Silver swimming certificate holder.
Magistrate and Chief Executive Officer of Nexus MAT.
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Magistrate and Chief Executive Officer of Nexus MAT.
All views my own. No hate please - will just block or report you!
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The Budget was light on detail on plans for SEND, but presented critical questions for school leaders. Trust leader @warrencarratt.bsky.social looks to provide some answers
5 questions for school leaders on the Budget's implications for SEND
The Budget was light on detail on plans for SEND, but presented critical questions for school leaders. Trust leader and SEND expert Warren Carratt provides some answers
www.tes.com
November 28, 2025 at 12:35 PM
The Budget was light on detail on plans for SEND, but presented critical questions for school leaders. Trust leader @warrencarratt.bsky.social looks to provide some answers
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Superb analysis from @warrencarratt.bsky.social that tells schools leaders what they need to know about the fallout from the Budget regarding SEND.
"Reforms will all require, in the short term, more funding, not less, if we are to turn this system into one our country can be proud of"
"Reforms will all require, in the short term, more funding, not less, if we are to turn this system into one our country can be proud of"
The Budget was light on detail on plans for SEND, but presented critical questions for school leaders. Trust leader @warrencarratt.bsky.social looks to provide some answers
5 questions for school leaders on the Budget's implications for SEND
The Budget was light on detail on plans for SEND, but presented critical questions for school leaders. Trust leader and SEND expert Warren Carratt provides some answers
www.tes.com
November 28, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Superb analysis from @warrencarratt.bsky.social that tells schools leaders what they need to know about the fallout from the Budget regarding SEND.
"Reforms will all require, in the short term, more funding, not less, if we are to turn this system into one our country can be proud of"
"Reforms will all require, in the short term, more funding, not less, if we are to turn this system into one our country can be proud of"
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OBR documents (somehow!) published ahead of the Budget announcement say all SEND provision costs are to fall within DfE spending limits by 2028-29 and warn that if this is fully funded within the core schools budget, this implies a 1.7 per cent fall in mainstream school spending per pupil.
November 26, 2025 at 12:38 PM
OBR documents (somehow!) published ahead of the Budget announcement say all SEND provision costs are to fall within DfE spending limits by 2028-29 and warn that if this is fully funded within the core schools budget, this implies a 1.7 per cent fall in mainstream school spending per pupil.
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Two stories out today on the impact of poverty on education. The government will need to tackle the disadvantages that boys from low-income families face if it is to meet its new school-readiness targets, the Institute for Government has warned. www.tes.com/magazine/new...
Focus on disadvantaged boys to hit school-ready target, DfE told
Successive governments have failed to tackle entrenched inequalities in early years outcomes for boys from low-income backgrounds, IfG report warns
www.tes.com
November 20, 2025 at 7:47 AM
Two stories out today on the impact of poverty on education. The government will need to tackle the disadvantages that boys from low-income families face if it is to meet its new school-readiness targets, the Institute for Government has warned. www.tes.com/magazine/new...
Trump is making international leaders walk onto a stage to him and shake his hand, as he stands behind a giant “peace” sign. 🤣
Such an exploitative, narcissistic and desperate act.
Would make a lot more sense without the grammatically incorrect spelling of the sign…
Such an exploitative, narcissistic and desperate act.
Would make a lot more sense without the grammatically incorrect spelling of the sign…
October 13, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Trump is making international leaders walk onto a stage to him and shake his hand, as he stands behind a giant “peace” sign. 🤣
Such an exploitative, narcissistic and desperate act.
Would make a lot more sense without the grammatically incorrect spelling of the sign…
Such an exploitative, narcissistic and desperate act.
Would make a lot more sense without the grammatically incorrect spelling of the sign…
Interesting session with colleagues from across the sector and the office of the @childrenscomm.bsky.social, exploring a better way of working for AP and special schools. Thanks to Wasim Butt and @ormistonacads.bsky.social for hosting. Wish I could have stayed for the tour.
October 8, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Interesting session with colleagues from across the sector and the office of the @childrenscomm.bsky.social, exploring a better way of working for AP and special schools. Thanks to Wasim Butt and @ormistonacads.bsky.social for hosting. Wish I could have stayed for the tour.
At a time when special schools have never been under more pressure and there’s an urgent need for capital investment, we get priority being given… to school libraries. You know, that endemic issue that school leaders everywhere have been campaigning for 🤦🏻 #HowOutOfTouch?
September 30, 2025 at 7:03 AM
At a time when special schools have never been under more pressure and there’s an urgent need for capital investment, we get priority being given… to school libraries. You know, that endemic issue that school leaders everywhere have been campaigning for 🤦🏻 #HowOutOfTouch?
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Is Ofsted’s inclusion measure fair to over-capacity special schools directed to take pupils whose needs they’re not equipped to meet?
Lots of concern from the specialist sector here inc from @simonknight100.bsky.social and @warrencarratt.bsky.social
Great reporting by @johngroberts.bsky.social
Lots of concern from the specialist sector here inc from @simonknight100.bsky.social and @warrencarratt.bsky.social
Great reporting by @johngroberts.bsky.social
Special schools fear ‘subjective’ Ofsted judgements
Inclusion focus risks ‘danger’ for schools directed to take on pupils whose needs they cannot meet, warns leader
www.tes.com
September 26, 2025 at 7:05 AM
Is Ofsted’s inclusion measure fair to over-capacity special schools directed to take pupils whose needs they’re not equipped to meet?
Lots of concern from the specialist sector here inc from @simonknight100.bsky.social and @warrencarratt.bsky.social
Great reporting by @johngroberts.bsky.social
Lots of concern from the specialist sector here inc from @simonknight100.bsky.social and @warrencarratt.bsky.social
Great reporting by @johngroberts.bsky.social
A convicted liar, a cheat, a serial creator of false statements & unsubstantiated claims. He imposes tariffs on partners & welcomes Putin back onto the world stage. He and his VP repeatedly criticise the UK. He is, at best, a satirical figure. Yet the Daily Fail & Express back him. Wow. 🤦🏻
September 19, 2025 at 7:16 AM
A convicted liar, a cheat, a serial creator of false statements & unsubstantiated claims. He imposes tariffs on partners & welcomes Putin back onto the world stage. He and his VP repeatedly criticise the UK. He is, at best, a satirical figure. Yet the Daily Fail & Express back him. Wow. 🤦🏻
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Really excellent article @johngroberts.bsky.social with dangerously sensible points from @jonnyuttley.bsky.social @jarlathobrien.bsky.social @warrencarratt.bsky.social and others.
The inclusion element of the new Ofsted toolkit is dangerously tokenistic and not looking at intake makes it pointless.
The inclusion element of the new Ofsted toolkit is dangerously tokenistic and not looking at intake makes it pointless.
The focus on making schools more inclusive is missing an effort to root out bad practice, leaders tell Tes' @johngroberts.bsky.social
Is a drive to stop bad practice missing from inclusion agenda?
Leaders call for scrutiny of admissions, pupil movement and impact of sanctions on pupils with special educational needs and disabilities
www.tes.com
July 18, 2025 at 5:43 AM
Really excellent article @johngroberts.bsky.social with dangerously sensible points from @jonnyuttley.bsky.social @jarlathobrien.bsky.social @warrencarratt.bsky.social and others.
The inclusion element of the new Ofsted toolkit is dangerously tokenistic and not looking at intake makes it pointless.
The inclusion element of the new Ofsted toolkit is dangerously tokenistic and not looking at intake makes it pointless.
Well done to all the Y11s finishing school today, and especially those across our family of schools - many of whom have been with us since primary stage.
Today is the end of a long and rewarding journey - with a fresh chapter starting from here. You should all be so very proud.
Today is the end of a long and rewarding journey - with a fresh chapter starting from here. You should all be so very proud.
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media.tenor.com
June 27, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Well done to all the Y11s finishing school today, and especially those across our family of schools - many of whom have been with us since primary stage.
Today is the end of a long and rewarding journey - with a fresh chapter starting from here. You should all be so very proud.
Today is the end of a long and rewarding journey - with a fresh chapter starting from here. You should all be so very proud.
It’s warm, it’s a Sunday, I have a glass of Côtes-de-Rhône Villages in hand, and Test Match Special is on the radio. What more can a boy ask for?
June 22, 2025 at 2:45 PM
It’s warm, it’s a Sunday, I have a glass of Côtes-de-Rhône Villages in hand, and Test Match Special is on the radio. What more can a boy ask for?
Very proud to see our respective Chairs taking the lead on this so publicly. Our Trust communities are so fortunate to have such bright and capable volunteers leading governance like this.
A hugely positive move to combine the expertise of Ebor and Nexus into a specialist trust for 47 primary and special schools.
Great to see Gail Brown and @warrencarratt.bsky.social combining!
@jasminenorden.bsky.social talks to each trust's chair below.
www.tes.com/magazine/new...
Great to see Gail Brown and @warrencarratt.bsky.social combining!
@jasminenorden.bsky.social talks to each trust's chair below.
www.tes.com/magazine/new...
Yorkshire MATs planning merger to create 47-school trust
Ebor Academy Trust and Nexus Multi Academy Trust proposal would create the biggest primary and special school MAT in England
www.tes.com
June 20, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Very proud to see our respective Chairs taking the lead on this so publicly. Our Trust communities are so fortunate to have such bright and capable volunteers leading governance like this.
The countdown is on…
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June 19, 2025 at 6:07 AM
The countdown is on…
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Special school staff could be given extra training and pay to act as consultants supporting mainstream schools, MPs have been told
Pay special school staff as ‘consultants’ for mainstream, MPs told
Catholic Education Service tells SEND inquiry that special schools should be recognised as centres of excellence, with 'consultant' staff given extra pay, like in medicine
www.tes.com
June 4, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Special school staff could be given extra training and pay to act as consultants supporting mainstream schools, MPs have been told
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Special school staff “could receive advanced training and remuneration and could then operate as consultants, as is the case in the fields of medicine and social work”.
^Interesting suggestion in a SEND inquiry submission, covered here by @johngroberts.bsky.social
^Interesting suggestion in a SEND inquiry submission, covered here by @johngroberts.bsky.social
Pay special school staff as ‘consultants’ for mainstream, MPs told
Catholic Education Service tells SEND inquiry that special schools should be recognised as centres of excellence, with ‘consultant’ staff given extra pay, like in medicine
www.tes.com
June 4, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Special school staff “could receive advanced training and remuneration and could then operate as consultants, as is the case in the fields of medicine and social work”.
^Interesting suggestion in a SEND inquiry submission, covered here by @johngroberts.bsky.social
^Interesting suggestion in a SEND inquiry submission, covered here by @johngroberts.bsky.social
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MPs told special schools should be seen as centres of excellence and their staff given training and renumeration to act as consultants for the mainstream sector. My story for @tesmagazine.bsky.social on the latest submission to the Solving the SEND crisis inquiry. www.tes.com/magazine/new...
Pay special school staff as ‘consultants’ for mainstream, MPs told
Catholic Education Service tells SEND inquiry that special schools should be recognised as centres of excellence, with ‘consultant’ staff given extra pay, like in medicine
www.tes.com
June 4, 2025 at 1:22 PM
MPs told special schools should be seen as centres of excellence and their staff given training and renumeration to act as consultants for the mainstream sector. My story for @tesmagazine.bsky.social on the latest submission to the Solving the SEND crisis inquiry. www.tes.com/magazine/new...
On the train with these crazies…
May 26, 2025 at 11:05 AM
On the train with these crazies…
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💸 Exclusive: Many councils have effectively frozen special school budgets again this year, with leaders sounding the alarm that £1 billion of extra SEND funding is 'not getting anywhere near children'
schoolsweek.co.uk/extra-1bn-se...
schoolsweek.co.uk/extra-1bn-se...
Extra £1bn SEND funding is ‘not reaching children’
Many councils aren't passing on the funding allocated for high needs at last year's budget
schoolsweek.co.uk
May 23, 2025 at 3:13 PM
💸 Exclusive: Many councils have effectively frozen special school budgets again this year, with leaders sounding the alarm that £1 billion of extra SEND funding is 'not getting anywhere near children'
schoolsweek.co.uk/extra-1bn-se...
schoolsweek.co.uk/extra-1bn-se...
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Finding this hard to believe really, very honoured.
Thanks so much to everyone who has trusted me over the past few years. SEND support is such a huge issue and glad it’s being recognised.
Normal reporting service resumes when I’m back at my desk later this year
Thanks so much to everyone who has trusted me over the past few years. SEND support is such a huge issue and glad it’s being recognised.
Normal reporting service resumes when I’m back at my desk later this year
Our most amazing chief reporter @samanthajbooth.bsky.social HAS WON the specialist journalist of the year at the Press Awards
A truly phenomenal achievement. She beat off journalists reporting on war with her *amazing* journalism exposing the SEND crisis
So well deserved
A truly phenomenal achievement. She beat off journalists reporting on war with her *amazing* journalism exposing the SEND crisis
So well deserved
May 22, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Finding this hard to believe really, very honoured.
Thanks so much to everyone who has trusted me over the past few years. SEND support is such a huge issue and glad it’s being recognised.
Normal reporting service resumes when I’m back at my desk later this year
Thanks so much to everyone who has trusted me over the past few years. SEND support is such a huge issue and glad it’s being recognised.
Normal reporting service resumes when I’m back at my desk later this year
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This is a lot better than schools expected and has honoured the STRB recommendation.
The detail for individual schools will be key, including not just what is funded but how - @jasminenorden.bsky.social will be updating this story across the afternoon
www.tes.com/magazine/new...
The detail for individual schools will be key, including not just what is funded but how - @jasminenorden.bsky.social will be updating this story across the afternoon
www.tes.com/magazine/new...
Teachers to get 4% pay rise
The DfE has accepted the pay review body's recommendation of 4% and announced it will provide £615m in additional funding to schools
www.tes.com
May 22, 2025 at 12:43 PM
This is a lot better than schools expected and has honoured the STRB recommendation.
The detail for individual schools will be key, including not just what is funded but how - @jasminenorden.bsky.social will be updating this story across the afternoon
www.tes.com/magazine/new...
The detail for individual schools will be key, including not just what is funded but how - @jasminenorden.bsky.social will be updating this story across the afternoon
www.tes.com/magazine/new...
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A quick special school thread. In a submission to the Education Select Committee the DfE said the last govt had sent mixed messages on inclusion by “creating very large numbers of new special-school places, including for needs that could reasonably be met in mainstream”. www.tes.com/magazine/new...
DfE: Previous government sent mixed messages on inclusion
Department claims that under the Conservatives it created special-school places for pupils who could have been educated in mainstream schools
www.tes.com
May 22, 2025 at 1:52 PM
A quick special school thread. In a submission to the Education Select Committee the DfE said the last govt had sent mixed messages on inclusion by “creating very large numbers of new special-school places, including for needs that could reasonably be met in mainstream”. www.tes.com/magazine/new...
Really excited to see this make the news - a very positive partnership approach between us & Sheffield Council that will make a big difference to local sufficiency, in the face of mind-boggling denial from the DfE on the need for more places. 1/2
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
New SEND school planned for firm's ex-HQ in Sheffield
Sheffield's Grade II listed Banner Cross Hall was Henry Boot PLC's HQ for about 90 years until 2023.
www.bbc.co.uk
May 22, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Really excited to see this make the news - a very positive partnership approach between us & Sheffield Council that will make a big difference to local sufficiency, in the face of mind-boggling denial from the DfE on the need for more places. 1/2
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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And @warrencarratt.bsky.social the CEO of Nexus multi academy trust said he was "appalled” that in the DfE submission “officials are now saying that the opening of more special schools under the last government is a key issue that needs addressing by the current one”.
May 22, 2025 at 1:52 PM
And @warrencarratt.bsky.social the CEO of Nexus multi academy trust said he was "appalled” that in the DfE submission “officials are now saying that the opening of more special schools under the last government is a key issue that needs addressing by the current one”.