Hi Stuart. I was actually going to message you privately as I’ve had a LOT of messages in the last 24 hours, and many from colleagues and former colleagues of yours.

My initial reaction to the DfE video was a knee jerk trigger to my own school experiences, and I apologise >>

> for the language I chose to use & picture that I chose to paint about a school I have no experience of. I have an explosive trigger finger on this hellsite, and I understand that it can be intimidating when it’s misfired. I’d like to apologise if my words caused any personal >>

> stress or grief to you or any of your staff and members.

I’d love to talk to you more about what BFS are doing for SEN/ADHD/FSM pupils. I can’t put the toothpaste back in the tube on this one, but I can hold my hands up and say I appear to have gravely misjudged you >>