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Children with disabilities who live in Leicester city can take part in free activities over the Easter holiday.  Activity sessions will take place at Thurnby Lodge children, young people and family centre on Tuesday 15 April and Tuesday 22nd April from 1.30 to 4.30pm.  Please note siblings are welcome to attend, and parents/carers are required to accompany  and support their children during the session.   A food hamper will be provided to those families attending where their child is receiving benefits related free school meals. No booking is required, however, those attending will be asked to complete a registration form on arrival.  Further information can be found on families.leicester.gov.uk/disabled-childrens-activity-programme SEND Easter Programme 2025Download...

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There were nine key findings from the latest OFSTED Annual Report that you might find relevant and important. More schools ‘good’ or better, but fewer ‘outstanding’ More ‘outstanding’ schools keep grade after ‘wake-up call’ Fewer schools eligible for intervention Schools’ ‘deeper’ curriculum thinking helped catch-up Schools are ‘rising to the behaviour challenge’ Nearly a third of areas ‘failing’ on SEND AP used as a ‘shadow SEND system’ Short inspections ‘restrict professional dialogue’ Improving picture for ITT What does this all mean? Overall, schools have seen an improvement when it comes to inspections - for example, 97% of schools that had "inadequate" ratings had improved. Nationally, 89% of schools are now rated as "good" or "outstanding". Despite the government bringing more schools under their scope for intervention (if a school "requires improvement" twice in a row, the government must intervene), the number of schools actually under government guidance has dropped. Behaviour is a common theme that comes up in discussions around education. Whilst 93% of primary schools were judged "good"...

Please see below information from the Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust: Lived Experience Partners Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust (LPT) believes that patients and carers can be influential partners in driving, delivering, and supporting change and improving services. We want to collaborate with patients, their carers, and families as equal partners to enable us to deliver high quality healthcare services. We are excited to launch our Lived Experience Partner roles. The Lived Experience Partner role is a key part of our Lived Experience Leadership Framework. Our Lived Experience Partners will work alongside clinical and non-clinical staff, patients, and carers, drawing upon personal experience and expertise to provide insight into the design, improvement and delivery of the services provided by the Trust. We are looking to recruit Partners into several roles across all our three divisions as well as within our Corporate Services. In addition to our Lived Experience Partners, we are also recruiting two Patient Safety Partners and three members for our People’s Council. To find out more please...