Interpreting the DfE’s response to the Rochford Review consultation and what needs to happen to bring about a change in the culture of special education – Richard Aird OBE & Claire Owens

Interpreting the DfE’s response to the Rochford Review consultation and what needs to happen to bring about a change in the culture of special education – Richard Aird OBE & Claire Owens

Following consultation on the recommendations made by the Rochford Review (2016), the Department for Education (DfE) published its response at the beginning of the 2017/18 academic year.  Respondents to the consultation included teachers and school leaders from...
A Multi-Agency Approach to Using the Engagement for Learning Framework – Charlotte Parkhouse, Specialist Speech and Language Therapist and Katherine Shearer, Lead Teacher,  Riverside School, Bromley, Kent

A Multi-Agency Approach to Using the Engagement for Learning Framework – Charlotte Parkhouse, Specialist Speech and Language Therapist and Katherine Shearer, Lead Teacher, Riverside School, Bromley, Kent

Introduction: For a Speech and Language Therapist, there are many challenges involved in achieving the most effective interventions possible in the Special School environment. Both direct and indirect therapy time is limited and yet pupils with Complex Learning...

‘Engagement for Learning: Opportunities for SENCOs’

Background The Rochford Review was established in July 2015 to review statutory assessment arrangements for pupils working below the standard of national curriculum tests. The interim report, published in December 2015 provided an interim solution for reporting...