Welcome to our Balanced System Schools and Settings Community Celebration space!
We want to provide a space for Schools and Settings to share their practice and celebrate their awards as either Accredited or Centres of Excellence.
Derby City has been involved strategically with Better Communication CIC and the Balanced System since 2017.
Hear about the impact on the Derby City Family Hubs from Lisa Sandercock, Early Years and School Readiness Lead for Derby City
Lisa Sandercock, Derby City Family Hubs
And then hear from Anna Bayliss and Karen Brownhill, Lead Teacher and Communication Specialist from St Giles Spencer Academy also in Derby City
Anna Baylliss and Karen Brownhill, St Giles Spencer Academy, Derby Citty
Please take a moment to enjoy our new one minute summary of the Balanced System Schools and Setting impact and how it dovetails with the SEND reforms and working to integrate the Experts at Hand based on the Link Therapist delivery model.
Impact for children, families, colleagues and the system as a whole
Case studies and examples of good practice
The Balanced System Schools and Settings is all about school or setting improvement and impact for children and young people.
Case Studies
Primary Mainstream, Falkirk, Scotland
Primary Mainstream, Falkirk, Scotland
Primary Mainstream, Suffolk, England
Primary Mainstream with additionally resourced provision, London, England
Bercow10
See our impact in the ten years since the original Bercow report. Marie Gascoigne was an advisor to the Better Communication Action Plan that followed the report published in 2008. Download our impact summary
