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The SENDcast

The SENDcast

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  • Tes SEND Show Live podcast with Kate Browning - making good progress

    Tes SEND Show Live podcast with Kate Browning - making good progress
    3 Nov 2026
    If you missed the Tes SEND Show – or were there but couldn't make every session – this is worth a listen. This is a special episode recorded live at the show, where Dale was joined by Kate Browning, School Improvement Consultant at School Improvement for SEND. Kate was at the show delivering a session on measuring progress for pupils with SEND. She looks at the qualitative and quantitative approaches school leaders can use to monitor progress and review adaptations and support with confidence, especially for pupils working below expected standards. Kate and Dale explore why so many schools skip straight from "plan" to "do" in the assess, plan, do, review cycle, and why spending more time on the assess stage pays off. Kate suggests flipping how review meetings are used: 75% of the conversation on assessing and reviewing, and only 25% on planning. The question should be "what does this child need?", not "what interventions have we got available?" They discuss looking at progress holistically. Sometimes a child's lack of progress in maths has nothing to do with maths, and executive function, home life or the context of a particular lesson could be the real barrier. Kate stresses that no teacher should feel alone in working this out. It needs a team around the child. The conversation also covers keeping aspirations high. As Kate puts it, we need to know a child's starting point but not leave them there. Progress isn't just about end-of-key-stage results, but about whether a young person leaves school ready for the next step and believing they can succeed. Kate's top tips from her session: slow down before you speed up, give the assess and review parts of the graduated approach as much attention as the planning, and use a "basket of measures" – both qualitative and quantitative – to build a holistic picture of progress. About Kate Browning Kate Browning has spent over 25 years helping schools improve outcomes for children and young people with SEND. She has worked as a SENCo, a SEN advisory teacher, a local authority school improvement officer for SEND, and interim education development officer for nasen, where she wrote guidance and delivered national training on the SEND Code of Practice. Kate is now an independent consultant at School Improvement for SEND and an associate lecturer at the University of Northampton. She supports schools, trusts, universities and local authorities through consultancy, training, reviews and written guidance, teaches the National Award for SEN Coordination and the SENCO NPQ, and facilitates SENCo networks in Leicestershire, Warwickshire and Coventry. She has also served as Chair of Governors and SEND Governor at a large junior school. Her approach is collaborative, focused on helping others make lasting improvements. About the Tes SEND Show The Tes SEND Show is the UK's largest event dedicated to special educational needs and disabilities, bringing together teachers, SENCOs, school leaders, therapists and parents for two days of CPD, seminars and exhibitors. This series brings you short summaries of some of the 2026 seminar programme, recorded on site in our pop-up podcast studio. A new episode lands every Tuesday for eight weeks. https://tessendshow.co.uk/ https://thesendcast.com/tes-send-show-special-episodes/ B Squared Website – www.bsquared.co.uk Meeting with Dale to find out about B Squared - https://calendly.com/b-squared-team/overview-of-b-squared-sendcast Email Dale – dale@bsquared.co.uk Subscribe to the SENDcast - https://www.thesendcast.com/subscribe The SENDcast is powered by B Squared We have been involved with Special Educational Needs for over 25 years, helping show the small steps of progress pupils with SEND make. B Squared has worked with thousands of schools, we understand the challenges professionals working in SEND face. We wanted a way to support these hardworking professionals - which is why we launched The SENDcast! Find out more about how B Squared can help improve assessment for pupils with SEND in your school.
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  • Neurodivergent and Not Attending with Dr Joanna Grace

    Neurodivergent and Not Attending with Dr Joanna Grace
    29 Oct 2026

    42% of the non-attendance of autistic children at school is school refusal. And that figure is almost identical across countries that punish non-attendance and countries that respond to it with support. So what does that tell us?

    Dr Joanna Grace, sensory engagement and inclusion specialist, TEDx speaker, PhD academic, author, and founder of The Sensory Projects, returns to the studio to discuss the links and patterns between being neurodivergent and school non-attendance.

    Together, they explore why:

    – the language we use – school refusal, school avoidance – places the problem in the child rather than in the environment.

    – the punitive approach to attendance – fines, threats, exclusions from school trips – has no long-term effect and actively causes harm.

    – 100% attendance is a measure of whether a school is accessible, not a method of making it so.

    – autistic and neurodivergent children who do attend school are not necessarily okay – and why those who achieve 100% attendance can still be profoundly harmed by the experience.

    – engagement and belonging must come before attendance – not the other way around.

    – the education system, designed for the workforce of the Industrial Revolution, is not designed for the children sitting in it today.

    "There's way more flexibility in the adult world than there is in any school."

    — Dr Joanna Grace

    About Dr Joanna Grace

    Joanna Grace is a sensory engagement and inclusion specialist, doctoral researcher, author, trainer, TEDx speaker and Founder of The Sensory Projects. She has worked with people with learning disabilities and neurodivergent conditions aged from 0–100 in a range of settings and contexts.

    Through all she does Joanna is seeking to contribute to a future where people are understood in spite of their differences.

    • B Squared Website – www.bsquared.co.uk
    • Meeting with Dale to find out about B Squared - https://calendly.com/b-squared-team/overview-of-b-squared-sendcast
    • Email Dale – dale@bsquared.co.uk
    • Subscribe to the SENDcast - https://www.thesendcast.com/subscribe
    The SENDcast is powered by B Squared

    We have been involved with Special Educational Needs for over 25 years, helping show the small steps of progress pupils with SEND make. B Squared has worked with thousands of schools, we understand the challenges professionals working in SEND face. We wanted a way to support these hardworking professionals - which is why we launched The SENDcast! Find out more about how B Squared can help improve assessment for pupils with SEND in your school.
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  • Tes SEND Show live podcast with Katie Greenwood - Rethinking SEMH

    Tes SEND Show live podcast with Katie Greenwood - Rethinking SEMH
    27 Oct 2026
    If you missed the Tes SEND Show – or were there but couldn't make every session – this is worth a listen. This is a special episode recorded live at the show, where Dale was joined by Katie Greenwood, Head of Therapeutic Services at Thrive Education Partnership, a multi-academy trust specialising in SEND. Katie was at the show delivering a session on SEMH. Drawing on a decade of work in forensic mental health settings, she looks at how schools can move beyond behaviour management and surface-level strategies, and why behaviour can reflect a nervous system under stress rather than defiance. Katie and Dale explore why trauma-informed practice should really just be called good practice. It isn't only for children who have experienced significant trauma – it's about understanding how all of us respond to stress, and how our brain and nervous system work together to keep us safe. As Katie puts it, a child who seems unwilling may in fact be unable. And while "behaviour is communication" is a useful phrase, the real question is: communication of what? It should prompt curiosity, not a fixed conclusion. They talk about the difference between being safe and feeling safe. Katie describes the nervous system as an "internal lighthouse", constantly scanning for cues of safety and danger, which is why simply telling a child "it is safe" doesn't work. She also explains that the word trauma literally means wound: the same tap on the shoulder can barely register for one person and really hurt another. The conversation also covers belonging – built from connectivity, voice, agency, presence and safety – and how small "micro moments" of being seen can make a real difference, even in a class of 30. Katie explains why rupture and repair matters so much in relationships, teaching children that they are still worth caring about after a difficult moment. Katie's top tips from her session: use a "power pause" to give yourself time and space before reacting, and always ask how the child is actually experiencing what we put in place – and ask the child too. About Katie Greenwood Katie Greenwood is Head of Therapeutic Services at Thrive Education Partnership. She is a dramatherapist, EMDR therapist, sensorimotor psychotherapist, clinical supervisor and trainer with over 20 years' experience supporting adults, children and young people with complex emotional and mental health needs. Katie has worked in schools, Pupil Referral Units, prisons, Young Offender Institutions and secure mental health hospitals, including as a Lead Dramatherapist in forensic mental health. She has lectured at the Universities of Birmingham, Nottingham and Leicester, and is a Partner Assessor for the Health and Care Professions Council. Her work centres on trauma-informed and relational practice, using creativity, play and embodied experience to support emotional safety and regulation. She is currently completing a PhD on trauma-related dissociation. About the Tes SEND Show The Tes SEND Show is the UK's largest event dedicated to special educational needs and disabilities, bringing together teachers, SENCOs, school leaders, therapists and parents for two days of CPD, seminars and exhibitors. This series brings you short summaries of some of the 2026 seminar programme, recorded on site in our pop-up podcast studio. A new episode lands every Tuesday for eight weeks. https://tessendshow.co.uk/ https://thesendcast.com/tes-send-show-special-episodes/ B Squared Website – www.bsquared.co.uk Meeting with Dale to find out about B Squared - https://calendly.com/b-squared-team/overview-of-b-squared-sendcast Email Dale – dale@bsquared.co.uk Subscribe to the SENDcast - https://www.thesendcast.com/subscribe The SENDcast is powered by B Squared We have been involved with Special Educational Needs for over 25 years, helping show the small steps of progress pupils with SEND make. B Squared has worked with thousands of schools, we understand the challenges professionals working in SEND face. We wanted a way to support these hardworking professionals - which is why we launched The SENDcast! Find out more about how B Squared can help improve assessment for pupils with SEND in your school.
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Really enjoying this podcast - some great insights and strategies as a mum with an audhd child.

Really interesting topics

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