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Welcome to the FLSE

' A Collective Voice for Special Education’

W elcome to the Federation of Leaders in Special Education (FLSE). We are 'the voice' of leaders who are delivering education, welfare, care, support and guidance to children and young adults with special education needs and disabilities, wherever they are, throughout their educational years.

You can find a lot more details about this website in general and what's available in our BLOGS section, or for more news ab out the FLSE, who we are, what we do, who's who etc, then go to About Us .


London 2012 - Ticketshare tickets for Special Schools

Don’t miss the chance to secure an allocation of London 2012 Ticketshare tickets to the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Read more ...


FLSE West Midlands Regional Event - 9th March 2012

The Implications Of The New Ofsted Framework for Special Schools, PRUs and Resource Centres.

Click on Regional Events to see more details…


FLSE East Region Conference - 15th / 16th March 2012

The East Region will be holding their Fourth Annual Conference at WYBOSTON LAKES CONFERENCE CENTRE, St Neots.

The Theme for this event is:  CLIMATE CHANGE: EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE IN LEADERSHIP

For more details and to download the Conference Flyer and Booking Form, go to Regional Events ...


Latest Blogs - Keeping you up-to-date with the FLSE

Read the latest blog from David Bateson - Chairman of the FLSE - New Academy Freedoms – Unblocking obstacles that limit provision and outcomes in SEND

Read the latest Blog from Malcolm Reeve - Vice-Chairman of the FLSE... Meeting at the DfE re: Special Academies


Six Monthly Review with Ofsted

Read all the details of our latest review meeting with Ofsted... read Malcolm Reeve's Blog ...


SEND Conference Meeting

The most recent SEND Conference meeting was held on the 23rd November. Full details of the discussion will be revealed when the minutes are published. Check out other details here ... If you have any immediate questions, please contact Pauline Miller at Columbus School or on 01245 355854.


Headline News

05/02/12
5,000 head teachers lack leadership, says Ofsted chief

New changes to GCSE 'will penalise dyslexic pupils'

Tottenham Hotspur in talks to open free school at their new stadium

'Failure week' at top girls' school to build resilience

Academy schools: Vocational equivalents 'inflating results'

02/02/12
Government appoints new Chair of the School Teachers’ Review Body

Shouting out in class 'helps pupils to learn'

Asbestos in schools 'a national scandal' - MPs

Company offers same quality education as top public schools for half the price

Academy school criticised for excluding council estates in admissions policy

01/02//12
Michael Gove labels academy opponents 'Trots'

Most GCSE equivalents axed from school league tables

State boarding school boom: surge in pupils living away from home

30/01/12
Children consigned to scrapheap in education 'holding pens'

27/01/12
Autism: Brainwaves 'show risk from age of six months'

GCSE league tables: thousands of bright children 'failing'

GCSE league tables: pupils shunning tough subjects

26/01/12
Struggling pupils don't catch up, data shows

School league tables 'causing drop in standards'

Meeting at DfE on 25th Jan 2012 re. Special Academies

25/01/12
Teachers at Montgomery Primary School strike over academy plans

Ofsted warns over 'uninspiring' private school teaching

Primary school population to hit a 50-year high

24/01/12
The new framework for the inspection of independent schools

Is the new chief inspector of schools just an instrument of government?


Above we highlight 'Headline News' from the last few days.

Find earlier news items for this month in our News Archive ...

If you have missed any news stories from previous weeks, then you can download a back copy from our ' Document Bank ' .


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