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      We have taken a deep-dive into the inclusion of SEND practice in Initial Teacher Training (The Fish in the Tree, 2013), the result of educational reforms around SEND (Joining the Dots, 2015), and assumptions around SEND and ‘being disadvantaged’ (Through the Looking Glass, 2017).

      Our report, Hide and Seek, reflects on the recommendations of the Rose Review more than 10 years on, and questions where all the specialist dyslexia teachers promised by the government in 2010 are now.

      2020
      2020

      Hide and Seek: Where are all the specialists?

      A decade on from the release of the Rose Report, how far has support for learners with dyslexia come, and where are all the specialist dyslexia teachers now?

      2017
      2017

      Through the Looking Glass: Is universal provision what it seems?

      Is education policy too skewed towards the needs of the top achieving 90%, and are learners with literacy difficulties and SEND being left out of ‘universal’ provision?

      2015
      2015

      Joining the Dots: Have recent reforms worked for those with SEND?

      Why, despite intense educational reform between 2010-2015, is provision for learners with literacy difficulties and SEND still fragmented, and how can schools and policymakers bridge the gaps?

      2013
      2013

      The Fish in the Tree: Why we are failing children with dyslexia

      Most of us take being able to read and write for granted, and yet one in ten people in the UK have dyslexia. How and why does the education system fail learners who struggle with literacy, and how can schools and policymakers remedy this?