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Petition update, 20 April 2009

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With over 45,000 children being born prematurely in the UK every year and many of them having learning difficulties, it should be easier for parents to obtain statutory assessments for their child's special educational needs. Extra provisions are provided for children with SEN via the nfer for taking school tests (extra time etc), however unless accurate assessments are made well in advance, and provisions put in place, any chronological (by age) standardised testing has to be flawed. Chidren born prematurely often require extra time to catch up, schools need to be aware of this at the very outset of their education.

Current signatories

Alan Gurbutt, the Petition Creator, joined by:

• tina knight
• Dawn Harrison
• Lynne McCabe
• alexis picton
• Shelley White
• Davina schofield
• Trudy Raithby
• Carol Rowlands
• Joanne Bussey
• Hayley Wright
• Victoria Evans
• carina
• Nan Cooper
• toby dejonge
• Denise Durant
• E Sanders
• Caroline Wigmore
• Clare Beeby
• Liz Pidgley
• Susan Smith
• Sue Willis
• Nicola Woods
• Penelope Bierton
• ingrid mcclure
• Annika Mitchell
• Hayley Pearce
• Sarah Dixon
• mark montague
• Lesley Dunn
• Sheila o'Sullivan
• Wendy Bergman
• Wyn Ford
• Louise Martin
• Sophie Gouldthorpe
• Angela Seymour
• jane corbett
• Lacey Douglass
• Nicki Davies
• Georgina Armstrong
• Lynne Semonin
• ian semonin
• Laurie Stras
• J . pidgley
• maria smith
• Margaret King
• Fiona Milne
• Kerry Darby
• Douglas Selmes
• Rikki Wright
• Sonja Trewavas
• Marilyn Clarke
• lauren maughan
• kim feltwell
• Maggie Brookes
• Eloise Cartwright
• Vivienne Cook
• Alison Clark
• lynsay morgan
• Tim Darby
• Claire Mullins
• Richard Kerridge
• Nicola Simpson
• kym biglane
• Hannah McWattie
• j.greensmith
• Susan Wark
• christine carr
• Jenny Collier
• Louise Caslake
• Karl Brown
• Zoe Durham
• jessica gaywood
• Olivia Rankin
• Pippa Clarke
• Ruth Elton
• Tracey Marwood
• Louise Dyer
• Leanne Doyle
• ffion ellis
• Eileen Taylor
• Robert Taylor
• Kelly Brain
• Glenis Todd
• Vivien Pryor
• Nicola Olszok
• Jeremy Thursfield
• melanie fisher
• Frances Goodfellow
• Rachel
• Lee Coney
• David A curr
• Katharine Bryan
• Huw Williams
• claire ramsay
• Nicky Howgego
• Alicia Taylor
• Chrisy Toman
• Rhodri Pashley
• Michelle Stephenson
• Liz Greenhalgh
• Hannah Booth
• Eve Alexander
• Jo Wright
• Geoffrey Heathcock
• Gemma Clark
• Abbi Thorpe
• jade watt
• Sarra Callan
• Christine Dymond
• una forage
• GAVIN CAPALDI
• Rose Pater
• Stephanie Dallas
• Alan Howard
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• Graham Darby
• Angela Ganley
• Louise Wilkes
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• sharon ibberson
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• Rob Darby
• Carole Gardener
• Theresa Bateman
• Ruth Eppele Dickens
• Janice Purath
• christine barry
• Sam Carrara
• Alison Baillie
• sandra scattergood
• Sarah Maughan
• Alice Moncaster
• Caroline Burch
• Kathryn Halliday
• Stuart Corbishley
• Steve Howarth
• Cathy Murphy
• Ali Cope
• Matt Parkinson
• Kate Spencer
• catherine Stannard
• Conan McLynn
• bridget.halnan(health visitor)
• Rose Kavanagh
• Paula Lenk
• Caroline Peet
• Alison Brockway
• Ann Campbell-Preston
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• Nikki Smith
• Katharina Bucher Atabani
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• Jane Rich
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• Leigh Rossiter
• Dean Rossiter
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• sally cheesley
• Maggie Bovair
• Anna Perry
• Lisa Selman
• Sarah Blakeman
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• Moira Fawcett
• Glenda Simons
• Kathy Smith
• David Stanley
• Nigel Castle
• Jennifer Goodwin
• Clare Jenkins
• Sandrine Madden
• Bridget Everitt
• BRENDA HOFFMAN
• Neil Tremayne
• Lene Frandsen
• Tina Rhoda
• Leslie Button
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