by Libby Caulfield | Apr 4, 2025 | Education and inclusion
Over the past few weeks, we had the privilege of bringing together a passionate group of headteachers from across the country to discuss the proposed changes to school Ofsted inspections, currently out for consultation. These school leaders were identified through our...
by Libby Caulfield | Apr 29, 2024 | Place
Home to School Travel is making headlines in the mainstream media this year – particularly journeys for children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND). In March, the BBC reported that the cost of school transport for SEND children in...
by Libby Caulfield | Dec 18, 2023 | Being IMPOWER
Find out who I’ve nominated as my hero of the year… Surjan is a social worker in Leicester, who has given life-changing support to many young people trying to make a new life in the city. Numbers of Unaccompanied Asylum Seeking Children are rising steeply...
by Libby Caulfield | Jul 4, 2023 | Education and inclusion
How Valuing SEND is supporting practitioners to make use of parent and carer expertise to improve support for children and young people with SEND. At IMPOWER we have made a commitment to improving 10,000 lives through our work with local authorities. The stories of...
by Libby Caulfield | Apr 26, 2023 | Education and inclusion
Yesterday’s Westminster Education Forum was concerned with the next steps for alternative provision in England. The Department for Education has released the SEND and Alternative Provision Improvement Plan which proposes reforms for the SEND system to address poor...