Wednesday Jan 14, 2026
Tim Long - Head of School Support Services
Tim oversee's many services across Bedford Borough and talks with Kerri in this episode about working with parents and schools, the importance of communication and the current strengths and challenges in the SEND system.
Tim and Kerri also talk about the increasingly adversarial and legal components of SEND and the challenges this brings.
1 months ago
I’m sorry Kerri, this is absolute nonsense! Mr Long has been fighting and authorising the spend of tens of thousands of pounds of tax payers money (hiring King’s counsel) to ensure my son does not get his basic right to an education. It is ironic that he states he is a psychologist who tries to ‘talk’ to parents going through a Tribunal, when he hides behind a legal team, tries to convince parents to accept a flawed non-quantified EHCP that can’t be enforced, and has proactively exacerbated anxiety to an extent that a child is unable to attend school and has been without any education for several months now. Is he really asking the school - the delivery agent - to take more accountability in this podcast when he himself takes no accountability of the LA’s section 42 CFA duty?! He needs to retire and hand the reigns over to a Head of SEND that is seeking better outcomes for children as oppose to authorising hundreds of thousands to cover his mistakes to then rely on a government bailout. I would love to provide a podcast - along with other parents - to share a balanced perspective of the BBC SEND leadership, along with the hard evidence that the public should see on how Mr Long responds in reality to a child in need. I have never come across a more irresponsible, adversarial, discriminatory Head of SEND, nationally.