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Workshop Presenter for SEND and Alternative Provision
Introducing Dr Rona Tutt, OBE
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Rona is a Past President of NAHT. During her career, she has taught pupils of all ages in state & independent, day and residential, mainstream & special schools. Rona has a PhD in the education of autistic children. She received an Outstanding Reviewer Award for her work on the International Journal of Educational Management; she is a Fellow of UCL’s Centre for Inclusive Education (CIE); and received an OBE for her services to special needs education. Rona is a governor of two schools: an all-age school for profoundly deaf pupils and a secondary school for students with autism, speech, language and communication needs, and/or learning difficulties. Rona has written and co-authored several books, the most recent being A Guide to Best Practice in Special Education, Health, and Social Care - Making the system work to meet the needs of children, young people, and their families, which was published last year by Routledge.
Introducing Co-Presenter, Katharine Barlow
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arine has been teaching for 25 years, having started out as a geography teacher in 1999. She has worked in mainstream schools, and since 2016 a residential special school which specialises in educating Autistic students and those with ADHD.
She qualified as a Dyslexia assessor and specialist teacher in 2017, and currently leads a team of therapists and learning support assistants, as well as managing provision and annual reviews across the school.
Interactive Workshop For SEND and Alternative Provision
This workshop will begin with setting the scene in terms of the place of specialist and alternative provision within the wider educational system. This will include an explanation of:
- What is happening to the 2019 SEND Reforms which resulted in the SEND & AP Improvement Plan, Right Support, Right Place, Right Time
- What Ofsted plans to put in place in order to encourage mainstream schools to be more inclusive and to improve inspectors’ understanding of the role of special schools and AP
- What the current Curriculum and Assessment Review is setting out to achieve in terms of pupils with additional needs.
The presentation will be followed by a discussion on what has been outlined so far, together with an exchange of ideas about what else needs to happen in order to improve the wellbeing, both of pupils and of those who are responsible for their education.
The workshop will end with a Q & A session. A panel will help to respond to queries, but everyone is invited to share ideas and experiences which have led to positive outcomes.
Although it may be frustrating that a change of government came when the Improvement Plan was halfway through trialling some significant changes, this has also given time for a different government to reflect on whether or not the changes are the right ones and for us to have a hand in influencing the future.