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Tag Archives: SEND
Council couldn’t care less: Ombudsman upholds 7 complaints
Croydon Council had seven public complaints upheld against it by the Local Government Ombudsman in the first three months of 2019, research conducted for Inside Croydon can reveal. The rulings resulted in several apologies from the council, and hundreds of … Continue reading
Our children deserve help to improve their life opportunities
CROYDON COMMENTARY: It is autism awareness week. There’s been events staged at the Town Hall, and tomorrow there’s a special meeting at which teens, young adults, parents, guardians and carers can discuss their situations with councillors and officials. SARAH BOWELL, … Continue reading
Hear Autism meeting, The Cherry Hub, Apr 6
Posted in Children's Services, Croydon Council, Education, Jerry Fitzpatrick, Schools
Tagged autism, Jerry Fitzpatrick, SEND
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Flemming’s SEND strategy report gives much to live up to
The council cabinet meeting at the Town Hall on Monday saw Alisa Flemming present the council’s draft strategy for Special Educational Needs and Disabilities – SEND. Councillor Fleming is the council’s cabinet member for inadequate children’s services and failing schools. … Continue reading
Posted in Alisa Flemming, Children's Services, Croydon Council, Education, Schools, SEND
Tagged Alisa Flemming, SEND, Special Educational Needs
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Council’s SEND consultation coming to a close – but when?
There is just a week left to take part in the latest Croydon Council consultation. Or it might be that there’s just one day left to take part in the council’s under-publicised consultation over its services for young people with … Continue reading
Posted in Children's Services, Croydon Council, Education, Schools
Tagged Croydon Council, SEND
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Consultation begins for borough’s SEND travel and services
The council has opened a consultation on its planned services for children and young people with special educational needs or disabilities and their families and carers. Croydon’s draft SEND Strategy 2019-2022, and its Draft Post-16 Travel Assistance Policy for young … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon Council, Education, Schools
Tagged Croydon Council, London Borough of Croydon, SEND
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Henderson’s ‘leaving present’: Kingston’s Ofsted failure
Another local authority has failed a visit by Ofsted inspectors, this time nearby Kingston for its poor delivery of services for children and young adults with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities, or SEND. For parents and carers in Kingston, the … Continue reading
National charity names Inside Croydon among autism heroes
Steven Downes, the editor of Inside Croydon, was honoured by a national charity last night when named Journalist of the Year at the Anna Kennedy Online Autism Hero Awards. According to the official citation, Downes was nominated for the award … Continue reading
RightfulLives exhibit challenges lack of provision for autism
An exhibition launches online on Monday which say it is an attempt to explore the relationship between the Human Rights Act and people with autism or learning disabilities. Developed without a penny of Arts Council or local authority grants, the … Continue reading
Local Offer website fails to meet standards under SEND laws
Parents and carers of children and young adults with SEND – Special Educational Needs and Disability – claim that the new, malfunctioning Local Offer website launched by the council last month is not only full of broken hyperlinks and broken … Continue reading
Council’s SEND website and a quest for the missing links
Croydon’s latest ‘digital offering’ has left parents and carers of some of the borough’s most vulnerable youngsters angry at the way they have been fobbed off with yet more sub-standard service. KEN LEE reports Neil Williams, Croydon’s recently appointed chief … Continue reading
Crisis in Sutton after Ofsted fails council’s SEND service
EXCLUSIVE: After Croydon’s children’s services was rated “inadequate” last year, now Sutton’s Special Educational Needs and Disabilities department has been found by Ofsted to be failing. And council attempts to suppress the report ahead of local elections have failed, as … Continue reading
Posted in 2018 council elections, Education, Ruth Dombey, Sutton Council, Wendy Mathys
Tagged Ruth Dombey, SEND, Sutton Council, Wendy Mathys
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Our three-year battle to secure education for our SEND son
CROYDON COMMENTARY: In the past couple of weeks, Croydon Council’s press office has issued releases about a £1million grant for families of looked after children and a “virtual reality roadshow to let shoppers experience how autistic people can feel”. Yet … Continue reading
Posted in Adult Social Care, Croydon Council, Education, Schools
Tagged autism, ECHP, SEND, Special Educational Needs
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Council’s ‘Rottweiler behaviour’ sent carer to brink of suicide
CROYDON COMMENTARY: Last week, we reported how the Local Government Ombudsman had found “a catalogue of unacceptable failings by London Borough of Croydon, which has left a family stretched to breaking point”. Here, in a shocking criticism of the way … Continue reading
Posted in Adult Social Care, Croydon Council, Education, Youth Services
Tagged Croydon, Croydon Council, EHCP, Jo Negrini, Local Government Ombudsman, SEND
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Croydon fined for abandoning autistic boy and his grandmother
Croydon Council has been ordered to pay £11,250 in compensation and has been sharply criticised by the Local Government Ombudsman for abandoning a grandmother with no help in caring for her disabled grandson for two years. The Local Government and … Continue reading
Posted in Adult Social Care, Croydon Council, Education, Tony Newman
Tagged Croydon Council, Jo Negrini, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, SEND, Tony Newman
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One-third of Croydon’s SEND budget is spent on tribunal work
Croydon Council staged a(nother) flag-raising at the Town Hall this morning, this time for World Autism Awareness Week. “Croydon Council is on a mission to increase understanding of what it means to be autistic and bust some of the most … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon Council, Education, Schools
Tagged Croydon Council, London Borough of Croydon, SEND, Special Educational Needs
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