Foale might have a point if parents were dragging councils to tribunal needlessly, with council decisions upheld at 98% of hearings She might have a point if the law contained no provision for councils to refuse 'the best' on grounds of efficient use of resources But the reverse is true, x2 - ThreadSky

captaink77.bsky.social • 3 days ago

Foale might have a point if parents were dragging councils to tribunal needlessly, with council decisions upheld at 98% of hearings

She might have a point if the law contained no provision for councils to refuse 'the best' on grounds of efficient use of resources

But the reverse is true, x2

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captaink77.bsky.social•3 days ago

The evidence for this is readily available - to any councillor - in the form of many thousands of SENDIST decision notices sent to members of the County Councils Network every year

It's painfully obvious sometimes that no-one in positions of decision-making power reads these, or learns from them

captaink77.bsky.social•3 days ago

As evidenced by this follow-up: a complete misreading of parental motivation, an utter misinterpretation of how SEND Tribunal panels make decisions

No parent stopping their chemo, draining their savings, or leaving their job to mount a SEND appeal is 'getting a better deal' https://bsky.app/profile/johngroberts.bsky.social/post/3liyte6iizs27

captaink77.bsky.social•3 days ago

(Fair play to @helenhayes.bsky.social here, who tries to stop the councillor getting totally high on her own supply)

https://bsky.app/profile/johngroberts.bsky.social/post/3liytjvttw227

captaink77.bsky.social•3 days ago

..but the councillor gives it a similar go. This is a current local govt comms line: everyone's acting rationally, no-one's at fault, the system's wrong

A line that implies it's 'rational', not maladministration, for public officials to commit serial unlawful acts https://bsky.app/profile/johngroberts.bsky.social/post/3liytpr3n7s27

captaink77.bsky.social•3 days ago

(And whilst we're here, the councillor's own local authority has run a surplus on its Dedicated Schools Grant throughout the SEND crisis, and is set to still run a cumulative surplus at the end of this financial year)

https://bsky.app/profile/johngroberts.bsky.social/post/3liytpr3n7s27

captaink77.bsky.social•3 days ago

I think you could blame parents if they wanted the best, knew the law didn't offer that, but wasted public funds on pointless tribunals anyway

But that's not what's happening, and the CCN lead for SEND should surely know that

So back we go: misinformed, incompetent, or plain lying to our faces?

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