We’ve just got some good news from the man I addressed this petition to –Minister for Vulnerable Children and Families, Edward Timpson! The Minister’s agreed to meet and talk about what he can do to stop what happened to my daughter (and many of your children) happening to other kids. And it sounds like he’s open to our ideas on getting inspectors and the government to make sure schools are meeting their legal responsibilities to keep our children safe. Of course before we celebrate too much we’ll need to see how that meeting goes, and I’ll let you all know as it soon as it happens. Getting the Minister to take this issue seriously has been a big part of what we’ve been fighting for over the past 8 months though, so I’m really pleased to hear he’s listened to the 7204 of us (so far!) who have signed our petition. The Department of Education has also agreed to promote a new video, explaining to schools what they need to do to make sure children with medical conditions get the care they need in school. The video was produced by the Health Conditions in School Alliance, who are backing our petition as part of their Safe in School campaign, so I think it’ll really help schools understand how simple good care can be. Although this is all sounds like good news, we have to remember nothing has changed yet. Ofsted still need to start checking schools have policies and the government still needs to support schools to create these polices. New stats on how many schools are doing what they should be are due out next week, and from what I hear they aren’t going to be good. But I’ll share those with you as soon as I get them. Until then, please share this update on Facebook, Twitter or anywhere else. Hopefully the progress we’re making will inspire others to sign up.