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  • A National Picture of Harm: Families speak out on SEND

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    by Civic Watcher

    Today, we are publishing an initial collection of anonymous testimonies from families across England who have experienced unlawful, unethical, or harmful behaviour while trying to secure Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) support for their children. This publication is the first output from our national data collection campaign. It offers both a sobering account of…

  • Family Testimonies: A Foreword

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    by Civic Watcher

    The following document contains a series of anonymised testimonies submitted by parents and carers of children and young people with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) in Surrey over the last 2 months. The responses were collected in answer to the following question:  “Have you experienced unethical, dishonest, unlawful or harmful behaviour from Surrey County…

  • Open Letter to Rt. Hon. BRIDGET PHILLIPSON MP, Secretary of State for Education

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    by Civic Watcher

    Re: Urgent concerns over unlawful conduct, maladministration, and breakdown of accountability at Surrey County Council in the management of their statutory SEND responsibilities. June 2025 Dear Rt. Hon. Bridget Phillipson, MP, We are writing to you today not as professionals, politicians, or campaigners — but as parents and carers of children with Special Educational Needs…

  • Overwritten and Obscured: How Surrey (*literally) Obscures their catastrophic SEND Performance

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    by Civic Watcher

    Surrey County Council’s Public Report on SEND: A Masterclass in Data Obfuscation We’ve covered Surrey County Council’s somewhat selective approach to performance reporting before. But unfortunately, their latest KPI Information, contained in the ‘Public Report Pack’ ahead of the ‘Children Families and Lifelong Learning Culture Committee’ this week, is probably their most ridiculous example yet…

  • A Forensic Review: Breakdown in Governance at Surrey County Council’s Audit and Governance Committee

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    by Civic Watcher

    Data Extracted from; Local government complaint reviews – Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman (‘Complaints Decided’ by Local Authority, 2021-2024) At Measure What Matters, our mission is to track local government performance, simplify key metrics, and promote transparency and accountability. Following our previous analysis of Surrey’s Troubling Education Complaint Crisis; this forensic review of Surrey…

  • Institutionalised Gaslighting? Our Response to Surrey County Council Leader’s Statement

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    by Civic Watcher

    Measure What Matters. has taken the significant and unusual step of responding directly to the public response letter which was issued by Cllr. Tim Oliver, Chair of Surrey County Council, addressed to 2 newly appointed MPs and subsequently released to the public on the 3rd September ‘24. Whilst this is a step away from our…

  • A snapshot of the performance of Surrey County Council’s Education Services for vulnerable children with SEND

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    by Civic Watcher

    Measure what matters. Executive Summary This report delivers a brief, deep-dive analysis of the performance of Surrey County Council’s (SCC) Children, Families, and Lifelong Learning (CFLL) team in its duty to provide education services for vulnerable children with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND).  This report will describe how, despite significant additional investment and strategic…