Barnsley Boy - Hope for Daniel

28/05/2026

Aww Hi Daniel my beautiful little friend what a glorious smile 😃 ###

Barnsley Boy - Hope for Daniel

Daniel has an amazing care team hes living the best life ever xx ❤️❤️❤️

23/04/2026

💚Our handsome Daniel is loving the sunshine and life right now , he would also like to let you all know that Nanny Zoe is doing great , wishing you a speedy recovery Zoe Darcy💚

09/04/2026

Daniels is at Sheffield childrens today for his Gastro appointment his weight has increased again well done Daniel and we are enjoying spending time interacting with evwryone while we wait to go in. Happy Daniel xx

08/04/2026

💚Good morning everyone from our handsome Daniel who is not such a little boy now 💚
Zoe Darcy, Davis Margaret McGarvey

07/04/2026

Aww my beautiful little friend I love you so much Daniel love from Vince 🧡 ###

Barnsley Boy - Hope for Daniel

Loving the Sunshine 🌞 ###

03/02/2026

This is absolutely disgusting 🫣 ###

https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1Ak8VgELwy/

🚨 The Real SEND Crisis No One Is Talking About 🚨

I’ve been looking closely at how our council is handling SEND (Special Educational Needs and Disabilities), and something really worrying is going on.

On the most recent School Development Plan (SDP), Local plan there is no meaningful focus on SEND – again. Yet at the same time, there is a big push to:

- Cut back on support for home education
- Push more SEND children into mainstream settings
- Keep exclusions and suspensions looking low by using part-time timetables and “informal” off-rolling

Why does this matter?

Because every new house that gets built in our borough generates funding – including money for school places. But instead of investing properly in SEND provision and new classrooms, the system can be gamed:

1. Put SEND children on part-time timetables or move them out of the classroom.
2. Free up space for new pupils from new housing developments.
3. Take the funding for those new pupils without building enough new classrooms or specialist provision.
4. Reduce home education options so more children are pushed into mainstream, whether it meets their needs or not.

On paper, it looks like:
- Fewer exclusions ✅
- More children in mainstream ✅
- “Efficient use” of school places ✅

In reality, for many SEND children and families, it means:
- Not getting the support they are legally entitled to
- Being squeezed into environments that can’t meet their needs
- Being pushed onto part-time or “alternative” arrangements instead of proper inclusion
- Added pressure on already struggling teachers and classrooms

To be clear: councils and schools do receive funding for pupils, including those with SEND, and they have legal duties under the SEND Code of Practice and the Equality Act. But when the priority becomes “managing numbers and money” instead of meeting needs, SEND children are the first to lose out.

👉 This is not just about “policy” – it’s about real children being failed by a system that should protect and support them.

If you’re a parent, carer, teacher or anyone who cares about SEND children:

- Ask to see how SEND is addressed in your school’s latest SDP or development plan.
- Question the use of part-time timetables and whether they’re truly in the child’s best interests.
- Challenge decisions that seem driven by funding rather than need.
- Share your experiences so this can’t just be quietly brushed under the carpet.

Our children deserve genuine inclusion, not budget-driven box-ticking. 💔✊

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20/01/2026

Be the voice of truth, the time has come to be heard

📣 Ofsted and the Care Quality Commission (CQC) are visiting Barnsley to inspect local SEND arrangements.

They want to hear from:
🔹Children and Young People (Aged 11-25)
🔹Parents and Carers of children and young people with SEND aged 0-25
🔹Professionals who work in the Barnsley Area

📝 For more information and to access the surveys click the link below

https://barnsley.cloud.servelec-synergy.com/Synergy/Local_Offer/OFSTEDlanding.aspx

Your feedback will help inspectors understand the experiences of children and young people with SEND in Barnsley.

⏰ Surveys close 9am, 27 January 2026.

25/11/2025

Watching TV with my mummy little brother and Barry the dinosaur loving life ❤️ xx

30/09/2025

Happy 9th Birthday Daniel love from Vince Giffin and everyone at Support critically ill & Undiagnosed babies/children(SCIUB) 💙💂💛 we hope you have a wonderful day beautiful boy I love you so much my beautiful little friend ###

06/08/2025

We woukd welcome any journalist to come and spenc a day with Daniel to experience first hand how bad things are

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