Webinar: Identifying children and young people with SEND, and building a stronger support system by MA Education

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About This Webinar

The SEND assessment system has for many years been described as a postcode lottery for children and families. Education Policy Institute's recent research quantified this for the first time and uncovered that support depends mainly on which school a child attends. It also found that particular groups of children or childhood circumstances are associated with distinct disadvantages in accessing SEND support. This session will discuss the study's findings, and consider:

Where are the biggest gaps in SEND support?
What recommendations can we draw from the research and how can we build a stronger system together?
What are the funding issues that contribute to the SEND lottery?

Presenter

Jo Hutchinson

Director for Social Mobility and Vulnerable Learners, Education Policy Institute

Jo joined the Education Policy Institute in March 2016. She graduated from the London School of Economics with a Masters (MPA) in Public and Economic Policy (with distinction) in 2005; her second year of post-graduate study was completed at Columbia University in New York where she undertook a concentration in education policy at the Teachers’ College.
Jo’s background includes ten years as a statistician at the Department for Education, specializing in analysis and research of school outcomes to support policies including behaviour and attendance, floor standards and accountability, impact of multiple and early GCSE entry, attainment and HE entry gaps, and character education.
Major projects Jo has led on include the development and launch of the Disadvantage Attainment Gap Index, a world-first application of mean rank difference methodology to deliver standardized tracking of educational inequality across changing assessment measures; evidence for the London Mayor’s Education Inquiry; and international evidence for the National Curriculum Review.