Totally agree Sue. 2 Throughout this publication the terms ‘home language’ and ‘first language’ are both used to indicate the language(s) other than English used by the child with his/her family. The 2007 OFSTED inspection noted that a very small proportion. The statement says independent faith schools are able to raise children in a religious tradition, but must also ensure they are "educated about the protections and rights that are afforded to all those with protected characteristics under British law". It’s about time the truth was told. pp. 19 November 2008 Corporate report HM Chief Inspector of Education, Children's Services and Skills annual report 2006 to 2007. Mainstream schools do not have a clue. This did mean inspection was arduous because showing expected or better progress being made by all pupils- was and always will be - a significant challenge. It will update you on developments and feature current issues. Maria Lenk Aquatics Center (367 words) ... are numbered in the 1000 and 2000 series. I am saddened to learn that if I decide to take legal action this will take up to 2 years- by then my son will have completed his "inclusive education". I'm glad to hear that your son is now thriving! Are you a provider? You’ve accepted all cookies. We use cookies to collect information about how you use GOV.UK. In the coming months, we’ll be publishing the consultation into our education inspection framework. Comment by And complaints are pointless because the ethos comes from the Head who will just deny that their teachers would ignore a child in their class. posted on Richard Petty Comment by on 13 May 2019, Hi How many children are falling through the net? Comment by Check Ofsted's COVID-19 updates to see how inspections ... 28 February 2000. We purposefully take starting points into account and understand that some pupils will make progress in very small steps. 01 February 1999. I agree totally with the sentiments expressed above and hope that steps are taken to ensure that all schools improve their inclusion practises. Hi, posted on One of the big problems is where behaviour is just seen as behaviour. However, here is the rub, there is never enough funding to properly support some of the more complex problems children present with, and we do have to remember the other children in the class who are also there to be educated. Children and young people with SEND are not only six times more likelyto be permanently excluded from school, compared with their non-SEND peers, but they’re also particularly vulnerable to "off-rolling" (the practice of removing pupils from school rolls in order to boost league table positions). Evaluating Educational Inclusion (Ofsted, 2000), for example, directs schools towards identifying children who are not doing as well as they should be as a way of targeting school improvement efforts. Mr Wilshaw and Mr Gove had a huge impact on the teaching profession for many wrong reasons and I hope you can start to regain the trust of so many hard working teachers. Or do you only want to hear what you want to hear. Can't anyone sort out this mess? Spring Lane, Sheffield, S2 2JQ . 01 February 1999. Ofsted publishes the third and final set of reports looking at the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on children and young people. I worked in a town with 3 secondary schools. You've been 'told' that some schools are refusing pupils with SEN? However, if Ofsted really want to incentivise schools to be inclusive, they could include a fourth grade descriptor under the category of overall effectiveness: “the school is inclusive”. Contact Form: Early years providers: tell Ofsted about an incident, Contact Form: Social care providers: tell Ofsted about an incident. This report draws on national studies to examine why millions of children continue to be denied the fundamental right to primary education. Google Scholar. There needs to be an outside route to whistle blowing on this despicable behaviour from academy chains- my case is not isolated I know of five other families at the same small school who have been harangued into withdrawing their children to homeschool or simply trying their luck elsewhere. Talk is cheap. Are you a provider who wants to tell us about an incident? This is leading to cuts which naturally fall to schools providing for pupils with SEND, thus increasing the disincentive to be inclusive. Ralph Hedley posted on Also, the LAs do not monitor exactly how SEN are spent, particularly when these budgets are not ring fenced. posted on 1INTRODUCTION The background to the report This report has been prepared as part of OFSTED’s work on social exclusion, in response to the Social Exclusion Unit’s publication, Bringing Britain Together. If they didn't get a response first time they just assumed he was incapable of learning and told the TA to teach him separately. Welcome to the real world OFSTED - schools have been doing this for years; using OFSTED ratings as a reason is just the latest in a long line of excuses. Julie Cordiner posted on I urge schools to think about the processes that are in place for helping families. Resources Fixing the Broken Promise of Education for All. Inclusion lies at the heart of the Sustainable Development Goals. Ofsted inspections are qualitative not just quantitative, so a school will get credit from Ofsted for inclusion and for its SEND provision. You can keep up-to-date with Ofsted news by signing up for email alerts. posted on Dr Jenny Murray Clinical Psychologist Aspire AP posted on Let’s face it, it’s a fairytale. on 10 September 2018, Every time ofstead visited tenterden primary my children were sent home sick when their were nothing wrong with them they caused so much damage to my five year old separated from his twin tought in isolation blacked out room blinds pulled down so he couldn’t see the children he wanted to play with two teaching assistants smothering him excluded from plays one hour time table it was the worst now he’s thriving in a specialist school. When is someone going to actually look at the reality of what’s it like being a parent of a SEND child. Our helpline is open from 8am to 5pm (Monday to Friday). Yes please , u would be more than happy for you to pass my details so I can discuss this with Nick . Comment by posted on Evaluating Educational Inclusion: Guidance for Inspectors and Schools: Author: Great Britain. Maybe you could direct me to an association that strives to raise standards and improve lives? The two inclusive schools spent many years being punished by OFSTED and placed in one category or another. Once approved by Ofsted and CQC, the local area usually publishes their WSoA on their websites. Let us know if you're happy for us to pass on your contact details to him. Academic excellence, and effective SEND provision, are all part of the same picture and a school cannot be truly outstanding if it’s letting some of its pupils down. Full inspection Full inspection, PDF - 05 June 2000. Your message is a very important one as it addresses the key fear I encounter that Ofsted will effectively penalise a school for its lowered data outcomes through SEN. Telephone: 0114 2531988. Any effort to make schools rethink these practices for this particular group should be up for consideration. However, we suggest that this response is in fact more ambiguous than it might look on the surface. 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She said that some disabled children and young people who need support were having “a very poor experience of the education system”. Before our autistic son was diagnosed he passed the entrance exam and was offered a place at a top local private school, but we didn't send him as we knew he wouldn't cope (he's now in a special school). My other concern remains that the funding for SEND pupils is stifling innovative practice and preventing some pupils from accessing the type of learning they truly deserve. 2 were inclusive and took in a broad cohort of students. Kind regards Inclusion and diversity is an integral part of effective provision and OFSTED (2000) Evaluating Educational Inclusion (London, Ofsted) Sheehy K, Rix J with Collins J, Hall K, Nind M, Wearmouth J (2009) A systematic review of whole class, subject-based pedagogies with reported outcomes for the academic and social inclusion of pupils with special educational needs. on 08 March 2019. Thank you for responding to my blog. I wanted to make two points here. This tells you more: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/being-inspected-as-a-maintained-school-or-academy, Comment by on 10 September 2018. Our helpline is open from 8am to 5pm (Monday to Friday). I belong to several groups and the local parents forum and meet many despairing parents who’s experience of support would make your hair curl. We do see many examples of schools that are making a fantastic difference to children's lives. Wasim khan Ofsted inspections should occur without informing school and check each sen child's work. For them, inspectors consider their starting points and the progress they’ve made. 11. posted on Comment by During inspection, our teams look at how pupils who have SEN and/or disabilities are progressing; not compared with all pupils in the school, but with pupils nationally who have similar starting points to them. This was an entirely modular curriculum which required candidates to take modules as they proceeded through the course, rather than only being examined in a single session at the end of the course. Better assessments, earlier. Even those fortunate to have secured a Statement/ECHP for their child struggle to have it implemented and updated accordingly. PDF – Published 05 June 2000. Mainly, it means identifying, assessing and meeting their needs well and making sure they are achieving their potential. We use this information to make the website work as well as possible and improve Ofsted services. From the end of January 2021, childminders, nurseries and all other childcare providers must use an online notification form to tell us about significant events. Excluded due to behaviour as if this were the chosen path for the child. Don’t worry we won’t send you spam or share your email address with anyone. Comment by The headteacher is happy- the kids who need more investment and better teaching to succeed are gone but families lives are derailed and children who need consistency, support and bolstering are failed in their local communities. Sue Johnson Thanks, Comment by I have been a practitioner in both mainstream and SEN settings and I have seen compelling evidence of the effective 'exclusion' of some pupils with additional needs from mainstream schools. posted on Anything that recalibrates this belief is a step in the right direction for SEND pupils and their families. For some time, SEND commentators have called for a r… The High Needs NFF is not responsive to changing needs - 50% of an LA's 2017/18 expenditure is locked into the formula in CASH terms for 4 years, half of the amount driven by proxy factors is based on population distribution which doesn't match needs (especially higher cost complex needs), and a lot of the data is out of date. on 13 May 2019, Hi Clare, it might be easier for you to speak to the author, Nick, about this. on 02 January 2019. Sheffield Inclusion Centre . Comment by Many that we work with find a different path, unfortunately often destructive. ’, in P. Hick and G. Thomas (eds.) posted on We are then providing those assessments and identifying needs but then finding appropriate provision and trying to re-engage a child of 13, 14, 15, 16 who has had a history of struggling, failing (in their eyes) and rejection in school is extremely difficult. At the heart of this is removing the barriers that get in the way of children who have SEN and/or disabilities being fully included in all areas of school life. Information about this service should be available on your local offer website. We also inspect and regulate services that care for children and young people. For every good SENCO and good school there is equally one that is intolerant and dismissive of parents struggling to cope. on 13 September 2018. However, we suggest that this response is in fact more ambiguous than it might look on the surface. Read our policy on Social media use. Enquires to my LEA are met with complacency and disdain: time scales are not adhered to, emails are left unanswered and ECHP's are copied and pasted from previous primary school statements (from other counties) and sections remain incomplete,-not to mention no longer relevant. We have inspected 68 local areas in the first two years of this programme. We regularly host student teachers, who on the whole are amazing new practitioners, but have one small section in their training on SEN - and this usually just involves a conversation with me (SENCo) and a tick sheet style assignment! on 17 October 2018. Inclusion and Diversity in Education, volume two. Inclusion: does it matter where pupils are taught? Gareth Griffiths Comment by Not the TA, the teacher. Ofsted is the Office for Standards in Education, Children’s Services and Skills. Sam Thank you for responding to my blog. on 09 May 2019. Daniel Muijs, Ofsted’s Deputy Director, Research and Evaluation, shares some remote learning tips, based on research and visits to schools and colleges. The report, which was published today, highlighted that Training 2000 received outstanding grades for the quality of teaching, learning and assessment in three out of six judged subject areas: engineering, nursing and dental health and manufacturing technologies … If so, please use the online notification forms above. These children, and how they are treated, is a reflection upon the quality of the school. https://educationinspection.blog.gov.uk/2018/09/10/inspecting-special-educational-needs-and-disabilities-provision/. All planned inspection activity will be carried out remotely until after the February half term. The home or first language is usually the vehicle through which pre-literacy skills are developed. Google Scholar We inspect services providing education and skills for learners of all ages. posted on Inspection report: Training 2000 Limited, 20–23 February 2018 Page 4 of 13 training for apprentices in employers’ identified skill gaps, for example skills for network management and accessing engineering systems through the internet. Comment by Once an area has been requested to produce a written statement of action(WSoA), the area has 70 working days in which to submit this plan to Ofsted. How schools prepare pupils to do this is vital. She said that some disabled children and young people who need support were having “a very poor experience of the education system”. Parents often contact us with complaints about how their child who has SEN and/or disabilities has been treated at school. This is a problem and it needs addressing. PDF – Published 05 June 2000. The DfE needs to reconsider its approach to High Needs funding as a matter of urgency. Ofsted inspection guidance and reports (Ofsted 2000, 2001a, 2001b) echoes much of this guidance and endorses the ‘valuable’ contribution that bilingual staff can make. on 12 September 2018. Firstly that in my experience some schools do view SEN pupils as a potential weakness in their inspections and that secondly they are extremely mindful of budgetary considerations hampering their attempts to provide person centred environments for their SEND pupils. posted on Please contact your local council or call local police on 101 if you're worried about a child who is at risk of being harmed. Ensuring that each individual has an equal opportunity for educational progress remains a challenge worldwide. Papadopoulos, T.C. She also said that, ‘In addition to the quality of education, the EIF (our education inspection framework for 2019) will allow us to identify and report on those schools that push young people who might achieve less well out of their schools through off-rolling’. Comment by She has a statutory right to a mainstream education and the local authority agree that her plan is a mainstream plan. Teachers should be trained in special education needs so every teacher has this skill. have been followed and implemented, the education of the other children who do not have SEND can suffer. Along with our colleagues from the Care Quality Commission (CQC), we work hard to seek and learn from experiences of parents and carers in these inspections. Truly inclusive schools didn't bother to reply or just replied with a 'yes' or 'happy to be named' and then got on with it. posted on Your organisation has a long way to go to prove it has changed it’s spots and is not there as a mouthpiece for political dogma. Opened. There was little difference in the quality of provision and the outcomes achieved by pupils with LDD across all types of schools. 2 Inspecting Schools, OFSTED, The Stationery Office, 1999 Ofsted external relations on 02 April 2019. We use this information to make the website work as well as possible and improve Ofsted services. Full inspection Full inspection, PDF - 05 June 2000. Further to this, guidance for inspectors says that inclusive education “…is more than a concern about any one group of pupils such as those pupils who have been or are likely to be excluded from school. I have noted your wider concerns. During that period, advisers from the DfE and NHS England monitor the progress that the local area is making. Evaluating Educational Inclusion (Ofsted, 2000), for example, directs schools towards identifying children who are not doing as well as they should be as a way of targeting school improvement efforts. London : Sage . They may leave Uni and launch themselves into a class full of complex characters; I just hope they have the support of their mentors and SLT when they come across tricky situations because I doubt their training has prepared them fully! I have noted your concerns and I agree that truly inclusive schools ‘get on with’ working out how best to support children and young people who have SEN and/or disabilities. Please sort it out. Read the story. Amanda Spielman, Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector, noted in her Annual Report published last week that, ‘The curriculum is the substance of education’ and also that, ‘In recent years that substance has lost out to performance tables and data in the priorities of many in the sector’. Comment by Accept all cookies Set cookie preferences. The home or first language is usually the vehicle through which pre-literacy skills are developed. I'm struggling to find the word 'inclusive' or 'inclusion' in either the CIF, the School Inspection Handbook, the Framework for Inspection of LA SEND, or the Handbook for LA Inspection. OFSTED (2000) Evaluating Educational Inclusion (London, Ofsted) Sheehy K, Rix J with Collins J, Hall K, Nind M, Wearmouth J (2009) A systematic review of whole class, subject-based pedagogies with reported outcomes for the academic and social inclusion of pupils with special educational needs. posted on We have learned a lot from parents and carers about what IS working and what needs to improve in the area where they live. Accept all cookies Set cookie preferences. Comment by on 16 September 2018. Dear Ofstead, Comment by 1 See DfEE Circular 10/99 Social Inclusion: Pupil Support, especially Chapter 3 Groups at Particular Risk. And they fabricate documents to show progress. Ofsted homepage. GET REAL and actually listen to the majority of parents. I’m fed up of reading these sorts of comments when in truth nothing gets done. posted on Can I suggest Ofsted start to get a proper grip of things? on 10 September 2018. We look closely at how well local areas identify, assess and meet the needs of children and young who have SEND in our local area inspections. Academies want to project themselves as successful educator but not with SEN children. Armed with an EHC Plan the Local Authority asked the same school if they could meet need and they said no as 'it would be too fast paced'!! I try and get them into all the classes to observe and work with a range of children with additional needs so they at least have some decent first hand experience on top of the paperwork. Suzanne Parents must speak to the Special Educational Needs Coordinator and then follow the school’s complaints process, but it’s important these processes are transparent and easy to follow. I was a headteacher in 3 very different primary schools from 1995-2014 and in each school we openly accepted and celebrated our inclusion- immersing all our children in our real world; with mutual respect, tolerance and humility as key qualities in tandem with the universal rights of the child (UNICEF). Pie in the sky. Sue Batty A focus on educational inclusion is central to answering the eight key questions in the Evaluation Schedule, and to judging the overall effectiveness of a school. 1 Learning in 2(+) Languages (Learning and Teaching Scotland, 2005). (National Curriculum Statutory Inclusion Statement, DCSF 2000) Ofsted inspectors report on how schools are implementing this requirement. I tried to find out the number from our council and they do not track these figures. Leaders and managers have a strong ethos of inclusion … on 06 December 2018. I was struck by a phrase someone used in a discussion back in the summer – ‘big-hearted schools who welcome SEND students and see their Ofsted rating drop’. You would think this would have deserved a revisit at the very least? Sustainable Development Goal 4 on Education and the Education 2030 Framework for Action emphasize inclusion and equity as laying the foundations for quality education.. Standards in Education’s Guidance for Evaluating Educational Inclusion (Ofsted, 2000: 7, emphasis added) states that: An educationally inclusive school is one in … I can find one entry only, with reference to 'inclusion unit. About Ofsted Ofsted in 2006–07 Purpose 2006-07 was Ofsted’s final year as the Office for standards in education in England, and it made preparations for its role in the new Office for Standards in Education, Children’s Services and Skills which was launched on 1 April 2007. 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