CBC Send Action Group

Help us to hold Central Bedfordshire Council to account for the extensive failures of so many of our children who have Special Educational Needs and Disablities

[Adam Zerny @adamzerny]

Complete list of unitary/county councils councils in England, which have ever had Independent administrations:

Central Bedfordshire Council (2023-

[SNAP Parent Carer Forum @snappcf]

Thank you to the 470 Central Bedfordshire parents who have taken the time to complete our 'temperature check' survey

The survey closes on the 26th of May

Link to the survey
https://t.co/7orowAzEw9

[SNAP Parent Carer Forum @snappcf]

Central Bedfordshire Parent Carers

Thank you to the 130 parents who have completed our survey.

Ideally we need 500 responses to compare with the previous survey.

Link to the survey https://t.co/cyYJ73UmiE

Please support by giving us your feedback

[CBC Send Action Group @CBCSENDAction]

Executive Member for Families, Children and Education, Cllr. Sue Clark fails to mention... families, children or education in her attempts to be re-elected in May!

[CBC Send Action Group @CBCSENDAction]

FAMILY WINS SEND OMBUDSMAN CASE AGAINST CBC
Yet another family has won an Ombudsman case against CBC in relation to catastrophic SEND failures.
The £4,400 payment will never make up for the damage done to this child's education.

[SNAP Parent Carer Forum @snappcf]

We will continue to work hard for our members

Position Statement

https://t.co/aeqHcDxTT1

[SNAP Parent Carer Forum @snappcf]

We now have 1939 members, can you please help us to reach 2000.

It is free to join and open to parents who live in Central Bedfordshire and has a child or young person 0-25 years with any Special Educational Need and/or Disability (SEND) a diagnosis is not required.

[Beth 💙 @Beth_Tastic]

Sharing because I’m hearing more & more stories of this happening in schools & im just here to tell you to stop✋🏼or you will be called out on your bullshit by someone like me 😊let’s call this a healthy reminder😉you’re a teacher / senco / head … stay in your line 👌🏼#edutwitter

[Square Peg @teamsquarepeg]

@YoungMindsUK Trust your gut instinct. If you think things are going to spiral, but services or peers are saying ‘it’s not that bad, look on the bright side’ ignore them. Your inner voice is telling you to trust your instincts about your child or your MH escalation. Speak up, access support.

[CBC Send Action Group @CBCSENDAction]

How many SEND children have no school place for Sept 2022?
11 Phase transfer children.
7 of the 52 children who had no place for Sept 2021.
Watch the video to see them swerve the question of how many NON-phase transfer children are waiting for school places.

[CBC Send Action Group @CBCSENDAction]

Watch this space, it's time to ramp this campaign up again...

[Adam Zerny @adamzerny]

It seems Central Beds Council has made yet another appearance in @PrivateEyeNews !

[SNAP Parent Carer Forum @snappcf]

We have just emailed our members the Zoom link for Wednesdays coffee morning, if you have not received this please email [email protected]

[CBC Send Action Group @CBCSENDAction]

CBC LEADER HAS FAITH IN CLARK DESPITE 2 YEARS WITH NO IMPROVEMENTS
The full meeting can be viewed here: https://t.co/C322MBCVCv

[CBC Send Action Group @CBCSENDAction]

At Thursday's Council meeting, Independent Cllr Adam Zerny suggested a cross-party emergency working group on SEND. Councillor Sue Clark declined the offer...... and then proceeded to put forward a motion asking for a 'whole council' approach to SEND.
You couldn't make it up!

[CBC Send Action Group @CBCSENDAction]

We doubt there is any other LA in the land where opposition councillors are so dedicated to keeping SEND in the spotlight. What a shame that the leading party position the support and dedication of these councillors as 'political point scoring.'

[CBC Send Action Group @CBCSENDAction]

#SchoolsForToday

[CBC Send Action Group @CBCSENDAction]

Who thinks the mainstream Schools for the Future plan should be HALTED until every SEND child has a school place? It's pure discrimination.
- Every mainstream child in Central Beds has a school place.
- Many SEND children don't.

[Bedford Borough SEND stories @BB_Send_Stories]

Councils in England report 34% rise in elective home ed. Hidden thousands not ‘electively’ at home but awaiting alternative provision due to unlawful LA policies/off rolling/lack of SEN placements. Our kids have been broken by those who should protect them https://t.co/VMBMTiAb3i

[CBC Send Action Group @CBCSENDAction]

It's 105 weeks (over 2 years) since Ofsted inspected CBC's SEND services. Use one word in the comments to tell us whether the service you receive has changed since then: BETTER, SAME or WORSE?