The Island Project

10/09/2025

Over the summer break we received some ‘happy post’ in the shape of beautifully created characters from nursery rhymes and children’s stories, made with love and care by Graceful Hands.

Can you guess the nursery rhyme?

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18/08/2025

🚨 Nationwide Emergency Alert Test — Sunday 7th September, 3pm

The UK’s new emergency alert system will send a loud siren, message, and vibration to every compatible phone even on silent. Survivors of abuse with hidden phones could be put at risk if the device is discovered.

You can opt out in your phone’s settings to protect your safety:
✅ iPhone: Search “Emergency Alerts” in settings → Turn off Severe & Emergency alerts

✅ Android: Search “Emergency Alerts” in settings → Turn off Severe & Emergency alerts (and other threat categories if listed)

18/08/2025

As disabled young people approach adulthood, many families want to understand what benefits they’re entitled to. One of the most important but often misunderstood steps is making a “credits only” claim for new-style Employment and Support Allowance (ESA). Here we explain what making a credits ...

16/08/2025

Important - 7th September

If you’re a survivor of with a secret or secondary phone, the government’s could reveal your phone even if it’s on silent.

There will be another test of the emergency alerts on Sunday 7th September. If you're concerned this test and any future alerts could reveal your phone, watch our guide to disable them:

iPhone - https://brnw.ch/21wUCqA
Android - https://brnw.ch/21wUCqB

15/08/2025

New guidance for SEND Tribunal cases 📢

The Courts and Tribunal Judiciary has issued new Practice Guidance for appeals and claims to be heard in the SEND Tribunal. This applies to any appeal, claim or application lodged on or from 2 June 2025.

The guidance sets out a range of matters, including:

🔷 how parents and young people should complete their appeal or claim forms
🔶 how and when reasonable adjustment requests should be made
🔷 how and when written submissions should be provided to the SEND Tribunal, if relevant
🔶 what is likely to happen if a party fails to provide evidence, or late evidence, and
🔷 how the views of the child should be gathered in a SEND appeal.

We’ve recently updated our website to explain everything parents, carers and young people need to know about this – visit our appeal pages for more information: https://www.ipsea.org.uk/appealing-to-the-send-tribunal

Key pages
🔗 https://www.ipsea.org.uk/what-happens-after-i-submit-my-appeal-registration-and-key-forms
🔗 https://www.ipsea.org.uk/what-happens-after-i-submit-my-appeal-evidence-and-the-bundle
🔗 https://www.ipsea.org.uk/procedure-for-disability-discrimination-claims

If you’re a parent and carer and need further support, you can also book a call on our Tribunal Helpline, contact our Call-in Helpline or send a query to our Email Information Service.

08/08/2025

𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐂𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐫𝐧 (𝐚𝐥𝐬𝐨 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐚𝐬 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐡𝐚’𝐬 𝐑𝐮𝐥𝐞)

We have now introduced Call for Concern across our hospitals - a 24/7 service that inpatients, their loved ones, and carers, can call if they are worried that a patient is becoming more unwell.

If you’re concerned that someone is becoming more unwell and it hasn’t been recognised, Call for Concern gives you a direct way to escalate your worries.

Calls go to our Critical Care Outreach Team, who will respond, assess the patient, and work alongside the ward team as needed.

ℹ️ For further information on the Call for Concern service, click the link in the comments.

08/08/2025

Our first year at new premises completed : it’s been quite a year.

As we break for summer, we wish those pupils and staff who are moving on all the very best. We will miss you ❤️‍🩹

We hop that all of our pupils and their families a good break

To all of our amazing staff, have a great 3 weeks off - enjoy some well deserved R&R.

See you all in September🌞

07/08/2025