Bristol Education and SEND News

The council’s SEND communication blunder follows a puzzle pieces row just last week ‘Have you heard of the Safe Places

The use of puzzle pieces for autistic people is offensive Bristol City Council has caused upset by continuing to use

The ‘watching brief’ in the council’s external comms team was ‘keeping an eye’ Bristol City Council has employees ‘keeping an

The PR advice was given by one of the people responsible for collating data and monitoring Send parents’ activity online

Despite a Golden motion in Full Council to make Bristol the ‘UK’s Most Accessible City’ the south west still lags

The legal time frame of 20 weeks is continuing to be missed for the vast majority of Send children and

Emotionally Based School Avoidance will finally be getting a new name and dedicated policy Bristol will be ditching old fashioned

The report found episodes of monitoring, evidence gathering and surveillance An independent report which looked into accusations of SEND spying

Blanket attendance policies may see the school breaching equality laws An organisation in Hartcliffe has raised concern about young people

How does Bristol fare in the latest EHCP data and are we hearing the full story from the council? The