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🚨 New report out today 🚨 Our Living Standards Outlook 2024, by @alex__clegg and @adamcorlett, looks at the prospects for household living standards over this Parliament. Read the full report here: buff.ly/3X0FYrP


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📈 The absence gap between the most vulnerable schoolchildren and their peers has widened further, increasing 'underlying inequalities' across the sector Read more ⬇️ buff.ly/46Fj8dv


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‘The way that we judge whether schools are doing a good job or not does not always work for children with special educational needs.’ @BenKentish hears from Campaigner Stephen Kingdom about austerity's impact on supporting children with special educational needs.


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Big news. This is a really important legal challenge.

We are instructed on behalf of a child in #Devon in an application for #judicialreview against Devon County Council, challenging its decision to enter into a ‘safety valve agreement’ with the Department for Education. @OlliePersey acts as counsel. [1/2]

ris_law's tweet image. We are instructed on behalf of a child in #Devon in an application for #judicialreview against Devon County Council, challenging its decision to enter into a ‘safety valve agreement’ with the Department for Education. @OlliePersey acts as counsel. [1/2]


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Exclusive: Draft plans reveal that @Kent_cc, which has a DfE 'Safety Valve' deal, will expect mainstream schools to cater for pupils with SEND who are up to 6-7 years behind in their development tes.com/magazine/news/…


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The government is investigating reports that some 'outstanding' schools don’t have any pupils with EHCPs, says children’s minister @david4wantage tes.com/magazine/news/…


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A major analysis of safety valve deals has prompted warnings that conditions attached to the agreements appear to “encourage local authorities to breach statutory duties to children and young people with SEND”. tes.com/magazine/news/…

tes.com

Revealed: What Safety Valve deals ‘really mean’

‘Deeply worrying’ details are set out in comprehensive analysis of Safety Valve documents shared with Tes


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The document obtained by FOI says that a council's safety valve condition is to "improve decision making on awarding EHCPs” but adds that "what this really means" is to "increase the number of refusal to assess and refusal to issue decisions” for EHCPs. tes.com/magazine/news/…

tes.com

Revealed: What Safety Valve deals ‘really mean’

‘Deeply worrying’ details are set out in comprehensive analysis of Safety Valve documents shared with Tes


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‘Mainstream schools can undoubtedly provide excellent education for many pupils with SEND, but there are several key reasons why specialist settings like ours remain essential,’ writes @matthiasenglish tes.com/magazine/analy…

tes.com

Why some pupils are better off in specialist provision

A DfE report suggests that half of children in specialist provision could attend mainstream - but head Nigel Matthias says this overlooks what’s best for many pupils


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Growing numbers of referrals and v long waiting times for assessment are holding tens of thousands of autistic children back in their education without support. Time to do it differently. My piece @tes. @ChildoftheNort1 @CfYoungLives ⬇️ tes.com/magazine/analy…


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Destiny isn’t done with them just yet… The Doctor and Donna return for three special episodes ❤️❤️➕🔷 #DoctorWho returns this November to @BBCiPlayer in the UK and @DisneyPlus in the rest of the world.


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What a moment, what a match. You did it, Carlos Alcaraz ❤️ #Wimbledon

BBCSport's tweet image. What a moment, what a match. 

You did it, Carlos Alcaraz ❤️

#Wimbledon

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What happens to Ukrainian children after Russia kidnaps them? Check out the latest episode of our video podcast #ThisWeekInUkraine on any audio platform, or on YouTube, to find out: youtube.com/watch?v=5C4BZ4… 🎙️: @TomaTomTommy @lapatina_


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We stand with the courageous journalists in #India who are detained for reporting the news and urge those in power to stop the threats against journalists and #pressfreedom. #FreeThePress #JournalismIsNotACrime @wppressfreedom

IWMF's tweet image. We stand with the courageous journalists in #India who are detained for reporting the news and urge those in power to stop the threats against journalists and #pressfreedom.

#FreeThePress #JournalismIsNotACrime @wppressfreedom

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It may not feel like it, but you are doing really well. Don't worry about that other thing, in the long run it won't matter. Today is a new day. Today is your day. #StayStrong #YouGotThis


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A US teacher visiting a Finnish school saw a kid up a tree & asked ‘You let children climb trees?’ A Finnish teacher replied ‘Yes of course’ The American asked ‘& if they fall?’ The Finn replied ‘They probably wouldn’t climb it again. #LetTheChildrenPlay @JonHaidt @pasi_sahlberg

BenjaminPerks's tweet image. A US teacher visiting a Finnish school saw a kid up a tree & asked ‘You let children climb trees?’ A Finnish teacher replied ‘Yes of course’ The American asked ‘& if they fall?’ The Finn replied ‘They probably wouldn’t climb it again. #LetTheChildrenPlay @JonHaidt @pasi_sahlberg

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The government has announced that Local Housing Allowance (LHA) rates, which determine the maximum amount of housing support available to private renters in the benefit system, will remain frozen at their Sep 2019 level for 2023–24. THREAD 1/7 on the consequences for recipients:

TheIFS's tweet image. The government has announced that Local Housing Allowance (LHA) rates, which determine the maximum amount of housing support available to private renters in the benefit system, will remain frozen at their Sep 2019 level for 2023–24.

THREAD 1/7 on the consequences for recipients:

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“The exams were absolutely terrifying,” Byrne said, “the mental impact such pressure would have on these young children is immense. Sats at this level must be scrapped. I’m delighted so many cross-party colleagues could experience this pressure too.” theguardian.com/education/2022…

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MPs and peers do worse than 10-year-olds in maths and English Sats

Campaigners seeking abolition of year 6 SATs staged event at which children invigilated tests on parliamentarians


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All young people deserve a chance to experience nature. Most schools aren’t enabling this.


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