[senit] Becta reorganisation

I have had a reply via Harriet Harman from Stephen Crowne (Chief Executive  
Becta).  It is too much to copy into this email but it about SEN expertise  
within Becta to be available across the whole curriculum rather than  
concentrated in one centralised team, support inclusion, full time inclusion  policy 
advisor and that he will be monitoring the impact of this new approach  closely 
and evaluating it carefully over the coming year.  
' Each of our six programmes of work will be developed to ensure that  all 
activities and outcomes are inclusive. We will maintain and develop our in  
house expertise, in particular around assistive technologies, to ensure that all  
our programmes, project and stakeholders have access to the best evidence and  
advice'

It goes on to say that 
'senior Becta colleagues met Jeff Hughes and other MPs at a recent  
parliamentary lobby, to discuss their concerns.  We invited groups  interested in SEN 
and Inclusion to attend both our regular forms, and a special  seminar which we 
are planning for early next year, where will report on the  outcomes of our 
evaluation of our new approach and seek views on how we should  move forward'.

So lets see what is going to happen.

Trish Davidson
CENMAC