Children with special educational needs and disabilities at academy schools, Kim Cypher, Choreographer Lucy Hind

Woman's Hour

BBC

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4.2 • 2.9K Ratings

🗓️ 28 November 2024

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

Academy schools were one of the issues that listeners raised during, and since, Woman’s Hour’s special programme investigating the SEND system for children with special education needs and disabilities. We hear the voices of two mums who say their children were let down by their Academy schools for allegedly failing to support their children's SEND needs and Anita Rani discusses SEND support in Academies with Leora Cruddas, CEO of the Confederation of School Trusts which represents more than ¾ of all Academies.

Choreographer and intimacy director Lucy Hind has worked on major productions including Girl From the North Country, Oliver, My Fair Lady, Secret Life of Bees and more recently Groundhog Day. Her latest project Spend Spend Spend has just opened at the Royal Exchange theatre in Manchester and is the story of the infamous Viv Nicholson who in the 1960’s won today’s equivalent of a few million pounds and went on to spend it all on very public lavish spending-sprees. Lucy explains to Anita why being an intimacy director is an integral part of being a choreographer.

Kim Cypher is a saxophonist, composer, vocalist and a regular performer on the London and UK jazz circuit including sold our performances on the main stage at Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club. She’s just launched her third album Catching Moments and Kim and her band join Anita in the Woman's Hour studio.

Presenter: Anita Rani Producer: Laura Northedge

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0:00.0	You are about to listen to a BBC podcast and I'd like to tell you a bit about what goes into making one.
0:06.5	I'm Sadata Sese, an assistant commissioner of podcasts for BBC Sounds.
0:11.2	I pull a lot of levers to support a diverse range of podcasts on all sorts of subjects,
0:16.0	relationships, identity, comedy, even one that mixes poetry, music and inner city life.
0:22.4	So one day I'll be helping host develop their ideas, the next fact-checking, a feature,
0:28.3	and the next looking at how a podcast connects with its audience, and maybe that's you.
0:33.6	So if you like this podcast, check out some others on BBC Sounds.
0:39.5	BBC Sounds, music radio podcasts.
0:43.7	Hello, I'm Anita Rani and welcome to Woman's Hour from BBC Radio 4.
0:48.5	Just to say that for rights reasons, the music in the original radio broadcast has been removed for this podcast.
0:55.1	Good morning and welcome to the program.
0:57.4	Now, when we did our special program on Send investigating the special educational needs and disability system, we got a huge response from you.
1:06.0	There are so many questions around this subject.
1:08.7	One thing that came out of our audience on that day when we
1:12.5	recorded in the radio's theatre was someone shouting out loud as they listened to the
1:17.5	education minister Catherine McKinnell. It was around the issue of academies. Have a listen.
1:23.0	Everyone has a responsibility for the children in their area and have a duty to work together to make sure
1:28.1	that every child gets the best start in life and every child gets that chance at their education,
1:33.6	which we want to see.
1:34.4	Come in their minutes.
1:36.3	What did I miss their?
1:38.6	A duty to cooperate.
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