[senco-forum] New Education and Inspections Act -- DfESpressrelease

Hello Niels
  First question - where are you?
  Second question - how do you suggest we 'come on into the local authority' when there have been no posts advertised for at least a year which are for people like me rather than professional LA administrators.

  Amanda
  Secondary SENCO
  Cornwall
  Where the views are wonderful even if we are the poorest area in the country.

Niels Seaton <niels.seaton at virgin.net> wrote:
  Hear the story

Very disappointed with the use of the generalised reference on local 
authorities

Not nall local authorities have the same criteria or SEN policiy or decision 
making processes on the issues mentuioned

For example I am not aware the my local authority has ever - yes ever- 
turned down a request for a statutory assessment

Don't sit out there criticising - come on into the local authority and make 
a difference......

Niels

this sort of comment erodes my faith in senco forum as a message

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "brian hepburn" 
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Sent: Thursday, November 16, 2006 9:05 AM
Subject: RE: [senco-forum] New Education and Inspections Act -- 
DfESpressrelease

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>
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>>"Local Authorities will be the champions of pupils and parents, giving 
>>them
>>a voice to set out what matters to them, responding to their concerns 
>>where
>>provision is not up to scratch".
>
>
> I wondered about this too. How does turning down requests for statutory 
> assessment, laptops, requests for taxis and all the other Nastyman stuff 
> that LAs do, sit with being a champion? Isn't it the same dilema that 
> SENCOs who are forced to discipline "their" kids face? It's an inherent 
> contradiction in roles.
>
> Presumably LAs are going to be paternalistic champions. Tough love, that 
> sort of thing.
>
> Brian
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Amanda
Secondary SENCO
Cornwall