@trixabelle

Assistant Headteacher, SEND and Inclusion at Holmfirth High School. SENDCo, NASENCo and NPQSL. Super proud Mum of two.

Joined August 2013
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Gary Aubin@SENDMattersUKApr 9
Blogpost: The summer term SENDCO sendmatters.co.uk/2022/04/12…

The summer term SENDCO

Consider these 8 areas as potential priorities for the summer term, which broadly fit into 2 categories: doing the summer term well and preparing to do next year well

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Lee Woods@LeeWoods072230 Aug 2025
Thread on most robust evidence-informed SEND interventions for Secondary students:
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⭐️New blog: Joyous ownership of our pupils with SEND Comments, likes and reposts very welcome, thank you sendmatters.co.uk/2025/08/25…

Joyous ownership of our pupils with SEND

The responsibility for students with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) lies with everyone in a school. While a culture of joyous ownership is necessary, it can be undermined by unre…

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Gary Aubin@SENDMattersUK3 Mar 2025
‘A whole-school approach is the only feasible way forward. It’s not only useful for supporting a SENDCO’s workload – it’s essential if we want to do good things for pupils across a school.’ New blogpost below… sendmatters.co.uk/2025/03/02…

Implementing Whole-School Approaches to SEND

SENDCOs face increasing demands due to rising numbers of pupils needing support. Successful schools adopt a whole-school approach to SEND, ensuring all staff engage with inclusion. Effective discus…

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tes.com/jobs/vacancy/mfl-tea… Job vacancy. Teacher of MFL
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Find out why happy pupils make good learners at high school with traditional values and modern facilities #Ad @holmfirthhigh #School #OpenEvening #Education #Holmfirth #Huddersfield #Yorkshire #2025Admissions yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/s…

Consideration and respect helps pupils achieve their goals at Holmfirth High School

Holmfirth High School is inviting parents to its Open Evening on Thursday 3rd October to show them what makes it popular, successful and happy, with well-behaved pupils who enjoy learning.

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Tomorrow is Daniel’s Day. Our whole school will be walking or running a 3 mile route in memory of year 8 pupil Daniel Davies-Riand. The course has been tried and tested tonight and we are ready to go. Please help us raise as much money has possible for a great cause. Link in bio
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A blogpost for new SENDCOs… sendmatters.co.uk/2021/08/30…

New to the SENDCO role/new to a school? Try to tick off these things by the end of September

Rather than try to master everything in the first month, this list gives 10 ideas for things to try and tick off by September 30th. Each should be manageable alongside teaching and other responsibi…

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'When asked, one factor attracted almost three times as many votes as any other' 🤝 @WholeEducation's Gary Aubin buff.ly/3WclNbp
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A new blogpost here on the issue of SENDCOs and SLT. I try to share why I think it’s a bit more complex than can at first meet the eye. Comments and reposts welcome - hope people find it an interesting read sendmatters.co.uk/2024/04/30…

SENDCOs and SLT – is it really that simple?

It’s a popular refrain that SENDCOs should be on SLT. So, in order to ensure effective leadership of SEND, should schools be placing their SENDCO on SLT? I wonder if that’s not only over-simplistic…

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Claire Ellis retweeted
Ben Newmark@bennewmark17 Oct 2023
New blog. What do inclusive classrooms look like? bennewmark.wordpress.com/202…

What do inclusive classrooms look like?

Of all the banes of education overcomplication is the worst. It drives workload and shifts focus away from things that make a difference to children and onto minutia that doesn’t. Class context she…

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Roman Kemp
@romankemp10 Oct 2023
This video from @NorwichCityFC is the best bit of Mental Health Awareness I’ve ever seen… watch until the end.
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Holmfirth High School Open Evening, Thursday 5th October. We invite you to join us.
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Five principles to begin transforming our broken SEND system schoolsweek.co.uk/five-princ…

Five principles to do away with the deficit model of SEND

Delivering the better SEND system children desperately need starts with a fuller and more inclusive narrative of their abilities, write Tome Rees and Ben Newmark

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Claire Ellis retweeted
Dan Walker
@mrdanwalker24 Jun 2023
Special moment at #Glastonbury as the crowd help Lewis Capaldi ❤️
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Very proud that @jennysaint is Patron of our Greek Society and her name is attached to our Young Writer’s Award. Fantastic to see Atlanta is No.1 Sunday Times Best Seller in her first week. Huge congratulations from all at Holmfirth High School 👏👏🥇❤️🏛️ – at Huddersfield, England
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sendmatters.co.uk/2022/04/12…

The summer term SENDCO

Consider these 8 areas as potential priorities for the summer term, which broadly fit into 2 categories: doing the summer term well and preparing to do next year well

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Gary Aubin@SENDMattersUK5 Mar 2023
What is going to change for schools? What does the SEND and AP Improvement Plan tell us change is going to look like, and how might that change the SENDCO role? Here are 3 ways your role could be affected. sendmatters.co.uk/2023/03/05…

The SEND and AP Improvement Plan: 3 things that could feel different for SENDCOs

I don’t know a SENDCO who thinks the SEND system is helping them to work efficiently, focus on the right things and consistently have impact. I don’t know many parents who speak glowingly of their …

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I can't believe we are half-way through this academic year - I have put together my half-year SEND update covering all the recent announcements and documents that you may have missed. lpec.org.uk/?p=4652

Half Year Update - SEND and Mental Health – February 2023 - Lorraine Petersen Educational Consult...

Summary of all the latest news in the world of SEND and Mental Health

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Ben Newmark@bennewmark28 Jan 2023
New. SEND doesn't mean anything. It's time to take down the SEND umbrella. bennewmark.wordpress.com/202…

Take down the SEND umbrella

In my last post I argued there is so little shared meaning around the SEND term “learning difficulty” we’d be better off abandoning it altogether. I was being sneaky. I have greater misgivings and …

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