Ofsted says special needs used too widely

[Barman]

Thousands of pupils are being wrongly labelled as having special educational needs when all they require is better teaching and support, Ofsted says.

The watchdog said up to 25% of the 1.7m pupils in England identified as having special needs would not be labelled as such if schools focused more on teaching for all their children.

It said the term "special needs" was used too widely.

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At last! 

Now they need to kick out all those 'special disorders' that they use to justify the behaviour of the little bastards these days! 

[Snoopy]

Exactly the conclusion reached by SWWLTBO in her 2nd year MA Ed research project last year. She is now claiming total vindication for her views which some at her Uni took exception to. She based her research on our own children by Home Educating them and recording their impressions of their first year out of "proper" school by means of a monthly interview with each of them and regular testing of their progress. We took them out because they were "threatened" with "Special Measures" but we were convinced that they had simply disengaged from the process. Even the LEA inspector now admits that they are streets ahead of their respective peer groups.





Interestingly the school that one of them was due to move on to is now on the verge of being placed in "Special Measures"

[Barman]

Why did I put this in the library...? 

[Snoopy]

Why did I put this in the library...? 

  ?

You have the power to move it.


Use the Force BM, Use the Force!

[Barman]

The Force is strong in me today! 

[Snoopy]

  I wonder if the Jedi ever thought about changing it from a "Force" to a "Service"

[Barman]

I wonder if the Jedi ever thought about changing it from a "Force" to a "Service"

 

[Uncle Mort]

Anyway, Exams system 'diseased' and 'almost corrupt'

"You know, the old argument, more people passed than ever before. Since I've been there, I think the system is diseased, almost corrupt," he says.

This is because exam boards are vying for business in a marketplace, he adds.

He also says he has heard people from exam boards talking to head teachers and trying to sell their qualifications by implying their examinations are easier than those of other boards.

They offer "textbooks to help you through it," he adds.


Doesn't surprise me.

[Snoopy]

I have pointed this out before but can't now remember whether here or somewhere else, which is a trifle embarrassing 

However that quote of Uncle's explains to only part of the problem.
Yes the exam boards are in business to make money. They also run courses which teachers attend (at a price) to show the teachers how to get their charges (pupils) through the exams. Many schools that enjoy "Good Results" are the same schools that are willing to pay to send their staff on such courses. The whole system has long been corrupt .... one such "Examinations Board" has as it's MD a member of Offsted. Another is run by a leading light in a Teaching Union and all have close connections with leading Government Officials responsible for Education.