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#ukeducation

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Tenebris Nox

Labour about to out-Tory Tories in regard to Special Needs provision for children. Rather than provide funding and proper support for SEND children, Labour are planning to simply remove the ability of parents to appeal local authorities' refusals to provide SEND support (98% get overturned by appeal). Locally, a failed project to replace proper diagnosis and specialist support with just vague, non-professional "support" by mainstream schools is already in place.
#SEND #ukeducation #ukpolitics

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Steven Heywood

Frankly astonishing.

Not the dishonesty of the erstwhile Secretary of State blaming a future Labour policy for a school closing on her watch.

Not the bleating because a well-off couple have had to have fewer holidays and drink less wine.

But the gut-wrenching tragedy of not being able to shop in an imaginary Waitrose.

#UKPolitics
#GeneralElection
#UKEducation

thepoke.com/2024/06/05/no-symp

The Poke · There’s a run on tiny violins thanks to this couple taking ‘fewer holidays’ and drinking ‘a bit less wine’ to pay private school feesIf they win the election, Labour will end the tax breaks on private schools, potentially adding 20% VAT to the current fees. The Conservative press and ministers are blaming a policy not yet implemented by a government that might never happen for the closure of schools that are currently operating under rules and economic condition […]
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localzuk

All well and good this list existing, describing tasks teachers shouldn't do, but school funding continues to be eroded by inflation and below inflation budget increases, and as such the first staff to disappear are support staff. I've seen it across all the schools I work with.

So, who exactly will do some of these tasks?

Without proper funding, this list is just a wishlist.

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Teacher workload: 23 tasks teachers should not have to do | Tes
tes.com/magazine/analysis/gene

Tes MagazineThe 23 tasks teachers shouldn’t doThe DfE’s Workload Reduction Taskforce has recommended a list of tasks teachers should not have to do - but it is very similar to a list created 10 years ago
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Emily King

Could it be perhaps that growing inequality caused by ongoing austerity, Brexit and the pandemic could in fact be some of the leading root causes for ongoing attendance issues in English schools?

"In one case, a mentor found a girl was not attending school because she had to share her only pair of shoes with her mother – meaning she could not go to school if her mother needed to wear shoes that day."

theguardian.com/education/2024

The Guardian · Government to fund school ‘attendance mentors’ in worst-hit areas of EnglandBy Richard Adams
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Emily King

I do genuinely worry about what things will be like when my little one starts school. The systems of oppression that have sprung up with the rise of academies are not, in the long run, going to lead to heathy, well-rounded people.

"What’s behind the rise in school absence rates?"
theguardian.com/education/2023
#UKpolitics #UKschools #UKeducation

The GuardianWhat’s behind the rise in school absence rates?By Guardian staff reporter
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