Abigail Hawkins (FCCT)

Award-winning SEN Consultant, Educator & Advocate, Keynote Speaker, Author, CEO,SENCO Support Network Founder, Quality-first Teaching Believer, Proud Mom & Wife

[Abigail Hawkins (FCCT) @SendcoSolutions]

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[Abigail Hawkins (FCCT) @SendcoSolutions]

@mrslitandlang @WholeSchoolSEND @sencochat Perhaps, as the paper has dropped today, you might be asked how you envisage enacting those (proposed) changes. Experience as a HOD will help. Try to think strategic rather than operational - so rather than fighting the fires (which we do anyway) what will be the fire breaks?

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Only a handful of tickets left…
Presentations uploaded, books printed, goody bags sorted.
Will your name be on one of them?

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[Abigail Hawkins (FCCT) @SendcoSolutions]

@chattyman I met the lovely @clarebalding today and showed her the video of an SEN student for which she recorded an amazing response. I’d love to share with you too.

[Kaz Type @KazType]

The Competition Heats Up!
It's December and the Typing Tournament is in full swing!
Congratulations to Arielle, our Xmas Champion!

Wishing all our students and teachers a very Merry Christmas and every success for 2025.
The Team at KAZ
Will YOUR school be the next winner?

[Abigail Hawkins (FCCT) @SendcoSolutions]

SENsible SENCO may have just won SEN resource of the year at the Education Today Awards. (I have no idea what face I’m pulling!)

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@Matt_Pinner Sausage rolls

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@SamsungEDU

[Abigail Hawkins (FCCT) @SendcoSolutions]

A massive thank you to Thomas Emmett from #geldards for his brilliant session today with Samsung Business Solutions - Education (At KX events)
A full day of SEN Law…for over 60 SENCOs.

Snippets from the day on TikTok and YouTube.

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@Matt_Pinner Gallstones.

[Abigail Hawkins (FCCT) @SendcoSolutions]

@MrMetacognition When I started teaching (in a middle school) I was loaned out one afternoon a week to the local first school to support subject development (science) whilst the year four class teacher used to come up to cover my classes. It worked really well.

[Abigail Hawkins (FCCT) @SendcoSolutions]

A personal post.
Son #2 (we have 4) is running the London marathon.
Please would you help him reach/exceed his goal?

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[SENsible SENCO @SensibleSENCO]

📢 SEND Inquiry Update – Sept 2025

EHCPs stay
Accountability widens
National inclusion standard proposed
Mandatory SEND CPD for teachers
⚠️ These are recommendations, not legal changes.

Read our plain-English summary + download the full PDF 👇
🔗 https://t.co/uJkqSQwe7m

[Abigail Hawkins (FCCT) @SendcoSolutions]

@TsuiAllen @MuseumCommodore @80s_channel And you couldn’t save it on the old MSX either. So, hours of diligent, accurate typing, 5 minutes playing, turned it off. Lost it all. 🤪

[Abigail Hawkins (FCCT) @SendcoSolutions]

@Headteacherchat Could it be a trick question? Checking you are aware of the law that sits around PC/EA? Especially since in a HT role you will be asking/dealing. The response is not Y/N but to call it out. Not afraid to challenge. Personally think it’s wrong, but 👿 advocate.

[Abigail Hawkins (FCCT) @SendcoSolutions]

@thisandtatt 34 years since my sister. And I still don’t know why…

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@TsuiAllen @studybunnyapp I used studybunny last year when doing my masters!

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@teacher2teacher Late 40s.

[SENsible SENCO @SensibleSENCO]

Lots of talk this week about EHCPs being “restricted” to only the most severe cases. That isn’t law, nor is it the gov White Paper.
It’s the Children’s Commissioner’s independent plan. Current SEND law hasn’t changed.
My explainer: https://t.co/Bjt7kG0HSg :

[Abigail Hawkins (FCCT) @SendcoSolutions]

@Headteacherchat Secondary gets 35 minutes. Local primary 45 minutes (except EY/KS1 who have 60).
Visited many schools where they kept the split lunch that 2020 gave them and it’s only 30-35 minutes.