John Dickens
Editor at Schools Week
Multi-award winning investigative journo. Editor of education paper @SchoolsWeek. Former Slough Obs, nationals freelancer. Tips: [email protected]
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2 weeks ago |
schoolsweek.co.uk | John Dickens
More from this theme Recent articles When we talk about teacher retention, we often talk about the familiar culprits: workload, behaviour, accountability. But lurking behind these headlines is another factor that may matter more than we appreciate: the profession’s inflexibility to let teachers be anything other than teachers. What if we started to view teaching as part of a broader professional identity?
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2 weeks ago |
schoolsweek.co.uk | John Dickens
More from this theme Recent articles Private Eye has a recurring column which appears under the satirical banner, ‘24 hours to Save the NHS’. At the heart of that incantation is a truth that applies directly to the SEND and AP Sector. The NHS is never going to fall over in a day, and neither will specialist education. What will happen is far more insidious: without short-term, practical interventions, lives will continue to be negatively affected.
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3 weeks ago |
schoolsweek.co.uk | John Dickens
More from this theme Recent articles When Rachel Filmer tried to launch a petition in December demanding that ministers commit to laws mandating support for pupils with SEND, it was turned down by the government website. She was told that, because such plans were not under consideration, the petition was not valid. But she pushed back, and the petition was published, to little fanfare, in April.
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1 month ago |
schoolsweek.co.uk | John Dickens
The Conservative government’s SEND improvement plan “did not go far enough” to resolve the major issues in the special needs system, the new government has said. In a 17,000-word response to the education committee’s SEND inquiry, Department for Education officials tore through the reforms – which were three years in the making. They said they did not look hard enough” at wider barriers and “perverse” incentives to more inclusive schools.
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2 months ago |
schoolsweek.co.uk | Lydia Chantler-Hicks |Jack Dyson |Rosa Furneaux |John Dickens
More from this theme Recent articles Families of children with SEND have lost a High Court legal challenge in which they alleged cash-strapped councils had broken the law over controversial “safety valve agreements”.
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Super explainer from @FCDWhittaker on what schools need to know about the free school meals expansion The issue of schools not getting pupil premium for the newly-eligible youngsters has caused some confusion - so hopefully this piece helps
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Super investigation from @lydiachSW who spoke to several current and former SENCos to dig into why the role is leading to burn out, and what needs to change as government embarks on inclusion reforms that will make the job even more vital
SENCos will be central to plans to make mainstream schools more inclusive. But they're burning out. Schools Week investigates ... https://t.co/bZlze1Y4Tv