Philippa Stobbs OBE worked for 30 years at the centre of developing national SEND policy with the Council for Disabled Children—she's the highly-respected doyenne of SEN. Few people have as encyclopaedic knowledge of special educational needs as she does. She spent decades negotiating with the government of the day to ensure legislation and new policy supported children with disabilities, pushing back against government plans that would do the opposite. In a fascinating and educational conversation, Philippa talks to SNJ's Tania Tirraoro and Sharon Smith about a decade of the Children and Families Act 2014 that she was instrumental in influencing, what came before, and what she thinks the future holds. Find the webpage for this episode here

This is Part 1 of a series on a decade of The Children and Families Act that was passed in 2014. What went wrong and what went right?

First up is Stephen Kingdom, now of the Disabled Children’s Partnership, but in 2012, he was the SEND man at the DfE. Stephen looks back at the creating and implementation of the CFA and discusses with Tania Tirraoro and Sharon Smith what he'd do differently now he's been on "the other side".

The webpage for this episode is: https://www.specialneedsjungle.com/children-and-families-act-10-years-stephen-kingdom-dfe-implementation/

SNJ's Tania and Renata chat to newly-retired Director of the Council for Disabled Children about her career, her biggest achievements and who her favourite SEND minister has been...

Find the webpage for the episode, including pictures from Dame Christine's Valedictory address to the SEND sector, here