In this session Roger will present the journey the school has been on to get where it is today.

When Roger Mitchell arrived as Acting Head at Ripple Primary School in 2005 it was not a happy school. With the staff team splintering from a lack of leadership following the long term illness, and then death, of their Headteacher, attendance and outcomes were low and behaviour was not good amongst both the children and the adults.

But Ripple has now proclaimed itself to be an ‘Emotionally Available School’ and a recent visitor, consulting on the SENDAP Review for the DfE, has recently written to say:

“At a time of negativity around SEND and inclusion, you and your school are a beacon of hope and proof it can be done. It seems like this is your time to take your ideas to the world. We certainly need them.”