The BBC, in association with Agence France-Presse, the Associated Press, and Reuters, has launched a short film calling on the Israeli authorities to allow international journalists access to Gaza. Read more: https://t.co/RZJAL6I6zL

Keep EHC plans for special educational needs, MPs say - BBC News https://t.co/CzJdVCUoOs Still scarred by fighting an obstructive local authority all the way to tribunal (took years!) to get a fit for purpose EHCP. I'd like to see accountability strengthened, not a "backstop"

Planet Planners on Roblox is a new geography game from BBC Bitesize delivering learning mapped to the KS3 geography curriculum in an immersive and engaging way. It is accessed via Roblox – an immersive platform for 3D experiences. Check it out! 👉 https://t.co/QOld3ksqhd

Indefensible. Spending money on defending cases they can't win, so parents will give up, or they will delay provision to children in need. We had this with @lpoolcouncil We won & had a complaint upheld as their withholding therapy can never be undone. https://t.co/FJZPs63gNB

The internet: "Holding space" for Defying Gravity. Me: "But did you know it has an ambiguous tonal centre and the staccato articulations represent courage and defiance?" Every day's a learning day. #wicked @bbcbitesize https://t.co/O9kwpDWn8B

Dear #postadoption social workers. The five page form you send in advance of the meeting to assess for support is Part Of The Problem. If I wanted to write an essay, I would do an opinion piece for a national newspaper.

Going to the Manchester date tomorrow. Very excited it has to be said. https://t.co/VKXy6hRM3q

When your major achievement is getting an anxious kid to the station on time for a cinema trip, but you forget that Merseyrail cannot run to its own timetable. Happy Saturday!

Chancellor Rachel Reeves announces a 2.3% core schools budget increase, £300m for FE, and "to improve outcomes for our most vulnerable children and ensure the system is financially sustainable I am providing a £1 billion uplift in funding- a 6% real terms increase from this year"

Good to hear about money for #SEND in the budget. The word "reform" makes me twitchy though. We need #accountability. In my experience, we have a clear framework, but LA stick two fingers up at parents and say "you can't make us" then draw out lengthy, expensive tribunals.

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Dressed to Impress at the #RDC24 Awards last night with @cazsotorrio and @itsjustnich0las I've met a lot of talented young devs, designers and creatives over the last few days.

Roblox Devs and their hats. Jackpot! #RDC24

At #RDC24 . Say hi.

Today I'm proud and hopeful as our younger child starts secondary at an excellent special school & our eldest starts sixth form mainstream, having done well in GCSEs. Today they are an #adoption success story. The trauma the SEND system has piled on us really isn't.

Very excited to have tickets to see Nick Cave on tour in Manchester. But now whenever I listen to NC on Spotify I get ads for divorce lawyers. I'd love to have a word with whoever did that ad targeting.

For young people who want a vocational or applied route rather than purely academic, it's so much harder.

This has been going on for ages. Looking for Sep 24 courses we had one college tell us a popular BTEC Diploma taught elsewhere was now withdrawn (wrongly!) Teachers at another honestly warned us off a T Level "harder than A Levels, impossible content" https://t.co/IMkywpcNZj

School transport letter for Sept. Key points: we can't tell you what time it'll come so don't ask. Driver won't notify you when they arrive so you need to look out. After 3 mins they'll leave without telling you. @lpoolcouncil shitty comms at its finest. Is this their new motto?