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Specialist School

Thursday, 30th October 2025

Over the last few months, I’ve been helping another mum try to secure a specialist secondary school for her autistic daughter next September. Sadly it has not turned out as hoped. She did everything right – got the phase transition review done promptly, did her own research with schools, and understands the legal rights her daughter has. The school she wanted has said it’s the right place for her daughter, but they have no spaces left for next year.

Life-Logging

Sunday, 26th October 2025

I like statistics, and I like seeing how I spend certain elements of my time. I have a somewhat daft habit of timing routine activities and then mulling over the weekly/monthly/yearly charts this generates.

Thirteen Years of Change

Thursday, 23rd October 2025

I’ve noticed that on every post where I’ve been gone a while, I’ve written about what’s happened in the preceding months and years. Bit late with this one, but here we go!

Memories of Storm Babet

Wednesday, 22nd October 2025

So tomorrow is forecast to be moderate wind and rain across East Anglia. That’s what the Met Office said 2 years and 2 days ago, when Storm Babet hit. It sat stuck over our part of the country for several hours, causing horrific flooding. The nearby towns of Debenham and Framlingham were several feet under water, children were rescued from school in tractors and many homes were severely damaged that awful day. I know families who are still waiting for their insurers to pay out and some have not been able to go home yet.

The Final Countdown

Tuesday, 21st October 2025

Looking forward to half-term next week. It’s been a long 7 and a half weeks and I really need a break. I find myself feeling anxious about driving a lot, plus the nights are drawing in and it’s getting noticeably colder.