In Jim Collin’s book, Good to Great, he describes the story of a naval office, James Stockdale who was a Vietnam prisoner of war. Stockdale found a way to survive his imprisonment by embracing both the harshness of his situation…
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The Fear
‘I’ve been worrying…’ (in the words of that great Ben Howard song) about many things in education, but the question of inclusion is the one that seems to run through most of the scenarios I come across as a special…
Inclusive Education – A radical vision for school admissions
Those responsible for school admissions are the gatekeepers to inclusion Carline Barlow and Simon Smith outline the current landscape for inclusion in mainstream schools and, because of its accuracy, it makes for uncomfortable reading… This views I actually echoed by…
‘We’ve done everything on the list. Can we have some support now?’
This is my first test post on the new blog
SEND and Inclusion in Mainstream Schools
There are ‘elephants in the room’ we need to talk about if we’re serious about changing the narrative around SEND. The SEND Review Green Paper reminds us that 82% of pupils with SEN are educated in state-funded mainstream schools –…