Parent-led peer support CIC for school attendance difficulties #SEND #schoolattendance #mentalhealth #barrierstoattendance #peersupport #training
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15 Sep 2021
“Some of the most brilliant, creative people I know did not do well at school. Many of them didn’t really discover what they could do – and who they really were – until they had left school and recovered from their education.”
@SirKenRobinson
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26 Jun 2025
“What we are doing now does not work!”
Steve Chalke, founder of the UK’s first secure school, talks about youth violence and rehabilitating young offenders on Radical with @amolrajan.
Listen on @BBCSounds
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Until a child feels safe and secure in their environment they won’t be learning much. Maybe we should focus on that rather than ticking a register to say they are there (physically, if not emotionally)? #MentalHealthMatters 💜
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Many young people wish they were able to attend ‘just like everyone else’ to have those special moments and experiences. Instead left with guilt, sadness and anger at themselves for being unable to ‘just do it’… @Define_Fine_PS 💔
9 Feb 2025
And this is coming from someone who actually wanted to be at school. I didn’t want to be homeschooled or to be away from my friends. I just wanted the panic to go. Unfortunately, the environment was too overwhelming and the anxiety around grades too much. 3/5
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4 Feb 2025
Using the term ‘homeschooling’ screams lack of understanding of learning without school and the impact of the CWSBill. The legal term is ‘Elective Home Education’ and someone like @bevcraig should be aware of that when giving evidence that concerns home educators @CommonsEd
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29 Jan 2025
We are 1000% invested in supporting families to liaise with schools where #schoolattendance is an issue because we know it is a major risk factor in y pathways to #youthviolence and the #CriminalJustice system #knifecrimeawareness
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12 Oct 2024
Supporting families to support attendance day in day out, always happy to have a chat if you’d like some practical insight @bphillipsonMP (parents are professionals in their children)..
12 Oct 2024
Children will only benefit from our drive for high & rising standards if they are in school. That's why tackling the national epidemic of absence is non-negotiable.
Labour is gripping this generational challenge and today, we begin to turn the tide.
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19 Sep 2024
He’s in uniform, in school and SMILING!! Surely they should be celebrating?!…
17 Sep 2024
This is a young man I know personally. He is 14 and has had a new haircut (shown). He has been given a 60 mins detention EVERY evening & isolation every break & lunch until his hair grows. Help - is this normal educational behaviour? I am horrified.
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15 Sep 2024
Another school, another pupil denied access to an EHC needs assessment. The reason? School state pupil is academically able. Where is that pupil now? Attendance almost non existent! Academic ability is not an indicator of SEN, never was, never will be!!
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11 Sep 2024
‘Fighting every step is so hard'
Katie, 17, is autistic and has barely been to school since she was 13.
She joined @BBCNuala to discuss her experience as a child navigating England’s Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) system, and how it has impacted her.
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A brilliant interview, thanks @Tamsin_J_Ford and @tes… “the important thing is to try and leverage strengths within the individual, family and school to get a virtuous cycle going” 🙏🏼💜 #MentalHealthMatters #bullying #SuicidePrevention #SEND #InclusionMatters
12 Sep 2024
What you really need to tackle pupil absence is to work together as a team: the school, the parents and the local authority, says @Tamsin_J_Ford
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Extremely disappointing 😞
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@bphillipsonMP will you be sitting down with organisations representing families currently experiencing the current education system? Especially those with children unable to engage and/or attend regularly? Please include us and @Define_Fine_PS if at all possible 💜🙏🏼
6 Sep 2024
I sat down with @tes to discuss my first two months as Secretary of State for Education.
We inherited a £22bn black hole in the public finances, and a societal black hole too.
Our country voted for change, so we're getting on with fixing the foundations.
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If you are affected, come and find free, lived experience, professional peer support, free resources and webinars (next one is tomorrow, links in thread)…#school #schoolattendance #NEET #mentalhealth #SEND #unmetneeds #bullying #bekind #inclusivepractice
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Incredibly stark reminder that many in the education sector simply don’t understand (or don’t care) about those who would love to attend, just CAN’T (for so many reasons to list). This approach will see a rise in removal to HE, but maybe that’s the idea?…… #SEND #mentalhealth
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Hope you invited @bphillipsonMP to hear all about how schools can be toxic environments for many, leading to inability to attend? #mentalhealthmatters #SENDcrisis #trauma #bullying @FatherlessIn @pspencer_88 @jackabbott90
30 Aug 2024
@RichardBurgon is hosting a debate in Parliament on SEND provision next week.
We need you to tell your MP to be there to help end the crisis in the sector. Click here to tell them to attend 👉 bit.ly/SENDdebate2024
#ValueEducation #SENDcrisis
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