The Island Project

27/12/2025

21/12/2025

Following years of campaigning by families, people with learning disabilities and autistic people, the Mental Health Bill has finally received Royal Assent. The law will change so that people with learning disabilities and autistic people cannot be detained in mental health hospitals unless they hav...

19/12/2025

Little Fian, 11, from Solihull, hope to receive the Peppa Pig sound book 'Pirate Island' this Christmas

05/12/2025

Enrichment room looking lovely and festive ready for Hot Chocolate and Mince Pies with supporters and parents

03/12/2025

What a beautiful sight - the photographs do not do it justice

Thank you to Fairways Contracting for the tree and Henri Wilder for the lights

03/12/2025

Yesterday, Nancie from played Santa and dropped off some Christmas gifts for pupils

🙏🎄🎁

03/12/2025

Some time ago, a family friend knitted our first two pupils who appear in our school logo. Unfortunately, H was stolen whilst we were at a job fayre

We were delighted when the amazing ladies at offered to knit a replacement

Yesterday H & D were reunited along with a wonderful delivery of puzzles, emotion octopi, bears, sanitary packs and other amazing creations

Thank you to all of you lovely creative ladies - wishing you all a fabulous Christmas

02/12/2025

The Department for Education has released further dates in its series of ‘SEND engagement’ events - launching a new “SEND reform national conversation” just weeks before the White Paper on SEND reform is expected early next year.

Most of the in-person sessions are already fully booked, and the newly added online events each focus on one of the Government’s recently announced “five principles” for reform. An online form is also available for submitting views.

While it is important that the Government is open to hearing the views of parents and carers, with the White Paper now imminent it is difficult to see how engagement at this stage could meaningfully influence proposals that are likely already well developed.

In our recent letter to the Education Secretary, we also highlighted that while the Government’s “five principles” are important, they are already reflected in existing SEND law and statutory guidance. What is missing are the principles of legal entitlement and enforceable accountability, which are both essential to making the system work for children, young people and their families.

🔗Register for the engagement events, or submit your views online, via the links we've posted in the comments.

27/11/2025

Tony, James and Michael for delivering our gorgeous Christmas trees - with thanks to t the 3 of you, and as always, thanks to Fairways, Sam Miller & Darran Ward for donating the trees