# School years don’t wait for paperwork — revised film Version 2, researched 1 November 2026. AI narration. Builder checks, not independent analytical assurance. ## Editorial approach One question, a documented lived experience, compatible comparisons, dated survey evidence and a concrete connection to other issues. National measures, survey feelings and individual cases remain different kinds of evidence. No invented interview, no fictional composite presented as real, and no claim that one person represents everyone. ## Sources and limitations ### attendance https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/ ### education-case https://www.lgo.org.uk/decisions/education/special-educational-needs/24-021-977 LGSCO Nottinghamshire decision 24 021 977, 28 November 2025. Upheld failures concerning alternative education and EHC provision. Apology, reimbursement, payments and service improvements were agreed remedies; the film does not claim all remedies were completed. ### education-survey https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/parent-pupil-and-learner-voice-omnibus-surveys-for-2024-to-2025/parent-pupil-and-learner-voice-may-2025 DfE parent survey, England mainstream school parents, 21 May–13 June 2025, base 2,832. Confidence the school listens about possible special educational needs: primary 80.36%, secondary 72.23%. Respondents are not necessarily parents of children with SEND. Confidence is not evidence of delivered provision. ### ehcp https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/education-health-and-care-plans ### exam-gap https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/key-stage-4-performance/2025-26 2025/26 provisional 27.5% / 54.3%; 2024/25 final 25.8% /53.1%; differences 26.8/27.3 points. See retained initial-series research/education.md and published DfE tables. ### housing-case https://england.shelter.org.uk/media/press_release/a_child_becomes_homeless_in_britain_every_eight_minutes Shelter account published 3 December 2019: Will, aged 10 then, family of four sharing one emergency B&B room in Ilford, one chair and difficulty doing homework. Historical individual experience, not a claim about the family today. ### parents https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/parent-pupil-and-learner-voice-omnibus-surveys-for-2024-to-2025/parent-pupil-and-learner-voice-may-2025 ### pisa https://stat.link/xmrlsh OECD PISA 2022 Table I.B1.2.1. Mathematics points, age 15. Alphabetical comparisons, not ordinal rankings. Canada, UK and US have sampling cautions. Error bars are approximate 95%: mean ±1.96 standard errors; sampling bias is not covered. ## Case studies and visuals Accounts are paraphrased from the original named publishers, not interviews conducted by UK Facts. Historical cases retain their actual dates; an undated case is labelled undated. Trussell’s original films used actors to protect the real participants: none of that actor footage is reused. Stock photographs are illustrative and do not show the case-study subjects or imply their endorsement. No photographs of the named refugee doctor or children are reused. ## Chart method Values are read from the canonical repository packages or the retained original source files, not extracted from chart pixels. Annual and monthly observations keep their real dates. Lines stop at stated methodological breaks and missing pandemic observations; animations do not create new data. Rebased pay/price comparisons show relative change, not a made-up household disposable-income budget. G7 output per worker is price-adjusted growth from the same World Bank/ILO source and matching endpoints, not wages or output per hour. PISA comparisons are alphabetical, not rankings, with sampling cautions and approximate 95% error bars. ## Surveys Survey panels are visibly purple and carry population and fieldwork period. Original questions, bases, weighting and limitations are retained in the research records and canonical source metadata. Different questions/providers are not averaged. Public priorities are multiple-response, not a pie. Public satisfaction and fear do not measure service outcomes or crime incidents. ## Policy and causality Connections illustrate plausible pathways and documented individual experiences; parallel trends do not identify a causal effect. Targets, commitments, delivered services and demonstrated benefits are separate. Proposals are not all costed or appraised; no invented benefit–cost ratio or savings. ## Illustrative photography Photos are scene-setting illustrations, not photographs of the people in the published cases. No endorsement or personal financial/medical circumstance is implied. Pexels licence checked 1 November 2026: https://www.pexels.com/license/ - Hospital corridor: Pavel Danilyuk, photo 8442619: https://www.pexels.com/photo/back-view-of-a-doctor-walking-through-a-hallway-8442619/ - Oxford homes: Peter Morch, photo 35402056: https://www.pexels.com/photo/victorian-terraced-houses-in-oxford-england-35402056/ - Empty classroom: 晓鸟 蓝, photo 36159720: https://www.pexels.com/photo/empty-classroom-with-blackboard-and-desks-36159720/ - Couple reviewing papers: Mikhail Nilov, photo 6964358: https://www.pexels.com/photo/man-couple-people-woman-6964358/ - Shopper: Andrea Bova, photo 6488896: https://www.pexels.com/photo/a-man-walking-on-a-grocery-store-6488896/ Only the relevant opening photograph appears in each film. Original stock files are private production sources, not redistributed as stock.