SEND & Inclusion Archives - Page 2 of 4

Local & Regional Government School Improvement SEND & Inclusion

Ensuring your SEND data is ready for inspection

As part of their work to understand how local areas improve outcomes for children with SEND, Ofsted and the Care Quality Commission (CQC) will look at the information that local areas use to monitor the performance of your SEND services. Your data should be timely, comprehensive, enable you to understand quickly how you are doing and, crucially, make it clear what your priorities for action are. If you find that this isn’t yet the case, you are not alone. Issues about the quality of data and the ability of managers and councillors to evaluate how they are doing have been…

Steve PrestonJanuary 6, 2023

Company News SEND & Inclusion

2022 Round-up: Our year at Mime

It's been a year of change at Mime. In 2022, we've welcomed three new colleagues to the team, worked with new clients and moved offices.

Steve PrestonDecember 19, 2022

School Improvement SEND & Inclusion

Exclusions by ethnicity, SEND status and FSM eligibility

Exclusions from schools - both fixed term suspensions and permanent exclusions - are meant to represent a school's last resort. This is appropriate, as outcomes for pupils who have been excluded are often poor when compared to their peers.

Steve PrestonDecember 2, 2022

DfE Data Release Breakdown Local & Regional Government School Improvement SEND & Inclusion Tableau Viz

DfE Data Release: How has pupil absence changed post-pandemic?

Following the publication of DfE data on pupil absence in England for the 2021/22 autumn term, we have analysed how pupil absence has changed from before the Covid-19 pandemic.

Joe MillerNovember 9, 2022

DfE Data Release Breakdown School Improvement SEND & Inclusion Tableau Viz

DfE Data Release: Requests for an EHCP

This blog takes a look at the number of requests for an EHCP and explores the increase from 2020 to 2021 in the context of previous rises.

Steve PrestonMay 19, 2022

Mime Think Pieces School Improvement SEND & Inclusion

Mime’s response to the Government’s SEND Green Paper

This blog explores the Government's proposed changes to the SEND and alternative provision system and Mime's response. On the 29th March 2022, the Government released its SEND and alternative provision Green Paper, setting out proposals to level up opportunities for children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND). The review is currently open for consultation, closing on 22nd July 2022. Here at Mime, we've been discussing the proposals and whether they are likely to meet the Government's ambition to ensure all children and young people have access to the right support, in the right place, and at…

Steve PrestonMay 17, 2022

DfE Data Release Breakdown Local & Regional Government School Improvement SEND & Inclusion Tableau Viz

DfE Data Release: SEND Incidence and Primary Needs

This blog explores the latest DfE data on special educational needs and disabilities (SEND), including data on SEND pupils' primary needs, as well as the overall incidence of SEND

Joe MillerAugust 26, 2020

Local & Regional Government Mime Think Pieces SEND & Inclusion

The Inclusion Series: 1. Introduction

This post, the first in our Inclusion Series, outlines our exploration of a prospective way of measuring inclusion at the local authority (LA) area level

Joe MillerNovember 12, 2019

Local & Regional Government Mime Think Pieces SEND & Inclusion

The Inclusion Series: 2. The Story Behind Exclusions

In this article we continue our exploration of inclusion data across England by focusing on exclusions, one of the key components of our inclusion index

Joe MillerNovember 12, 2019