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Schools white paper

Schools white paper: The key SEND reform policies

DfE documents finally flesh out proposed ‘layered’ approach

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth and Freddie Whittaker
Schools white paper

Schools white paper: What is happening to EHCPs under SEND reforms?

DfE expects to move 1 in 8 pupils from EHCPs to new individual support plans by 2035

Ruth Lucas
Ruth Lucas
Schools white paper

White paper: £1.6bn for mainstream inclusion, £1.8bn for external support

But funding has to last three years and it’s unclear what will happen once it runs out

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Schools white paper

New headteachers to get £15k to work where they’re ‘needed most’

Government will also ‘ensure all schools join high-quality trusts’ and let councils set up chains

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Schools white paper

Private special school fees capped in ‘profit before children’ crackdown

Plan for price bands and national standards follows award-winning exposure by Schools Week of soaring private sector spend

Samantha Booth
Freddie Whittaker and Samantha Booth
Schools white paper

DfE pledges eight weeks full maternity pay for school staff

Change due to be enacted from 2027 for leaders and teachers, and new support staff body will get remit…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker

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Schools white paper: What is happening to EHCPs under SEND reforms?

Schools white paper

Schools white paper: The key SEND reform policies

Schools white paper

White paper: £1.6bn for mainstream inclusion, £1.8bn for external support

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New headteachers to get £15k to work where they’re ‘needed most’

Schools white paper

Private special school fees capped in ‘profit before children’ crackdown

Schools white paper

DfE pledges eight weeks full maternity pay for school staff

News

Movers and shakers: DfE, Camden Learning, CCT, Skills Builder UK

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Julie McCulloch to join EPI as new chief executive

Schools

‘Highly valued’ music hubs face funding and staffing challenges

Politics

Suella Braverman named Reform UK’s education spokesperson

Academies

Grammars shine in ‘unfair’ MAT league tables

Schools white paper

Schools white paper: What is happening to EHCPs under SEND reforms?

Schools white paper

Schools white paper: The key SEND reform policies

Schools white paper

White paper: £1.6bn for mainstream inclusion, £1.8bn for external support

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CPD Accreditation Among New Developments For The Inspiring Leadership Conference

Schools white paper

New headteachers to get £15k to work where they’re ‘needed most’

Schools white paper

Private special school fees capped in ‘profit before children’ crackdown

Schools white paper

DfE pledges eight weeks full maternity pay for school staff

News

Movers and shakers: DfE, Camden Learning, CCT, Skills Builder UK

Movers and Shakers

Julie McCulloch to join EPI as new chief executive

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Opinion

Opinion

Give heads what they need to make inclusive mainstream work

This is not about withdrawing support from children. It’s about changing the way that support is offered

Freddie Whittaker
Cathie Paine
Opinion: Curriculum

Teachers need agency to thrive – we’re exploring how and why

Agency is often misinterpreted and overlooked, but giving teachers themselves more capacity to act would bring wide-ranging benefits, writes…

Freddie Whittaker
Lisa-Maria Müller
The Research Leader

Alignment between leadership and governance takes work

Research shows those closest to the frontline worry more over issues like finances. This means building shared understanding is…

Freddie Whittaker
Dr Rajbir Hazelwood and Kamal Bodhanker
Inclusion

Dear DfE, don’t marginalise special schools and AP!

In their quest for an inclusive mainstream setting, ministers must not push specialist settings to the margins

Freddie Whittaker
Warren Carratt
Opinion

Why many schools ignore sustainability, and how to fix that

If sustainability really matters to schools, why does it so often slip down the priority list the moment accountability…

Freddie Whittaker
Simon Lightman
The Conspiracy Commission

Misinformation is a challenge teachers can’t face alone

Every day, teachers share a challenge that we face as fact checkers: the rapid emergence of an online world…

Freddie Whittaker
Chris Morris
Curriculum

Resist the panicky zeitgeist and be brave curriculum makers

School leaders were never meant to be robots, but role models for the young. How they behave is as…

Freddie Whittaker
Carolyn Roberts
Opinion

Boards are too critical to only think about when crises hit

Governance rarely makes the headlines. But it sits at the centre of almost every school and trust success story

Freddie Whittaker
Sam Henson

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Equity and agency for a changing world – how six core skills are transforming inclusive education

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Bett UK 2026: Learning without limits

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Six tips for improving teaching and learning for vocabulary and maths

The more targeted the learning activity to a student’s ability level, the more impactful it will be.

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From lesson plans to financial plans: Helping teachers prepare for the Autumn budget and beyond

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Helping every learner use AI responsibly

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Alignment between leadership and governance takes work

Research shows those closest to the frontline worry more over issues like finances. This means building shared understanding is…

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The Boardroom Leader

Governance in AP demands a non-mainstream approach

Alternative provision is not a footnote in the system. For the young people who need it, it is the…

Freddie Whittaker
Nicola Hall
The Research Leader

Pupil premium paperwork reveals schools snub effective strategies

Our review of 550 pupil premium strategies found many schools aren’t strategic at all – which suggests leaders need…

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Emma Dobson
The Legal Leader

Do you know what your pupils are viewing on school technology?

In order to protect pupils from harm, and by extension to avoid legal action, schools should urgently reflect on…

Freddie Whittaker
Ane Vernon
The Business Leader

The school business leader role has evolved, but do policymakers know?

Today’s practitioners lead across finance, estates, people, digital systems, governance and organisational improvement. The language we use has not…

Freddie Whittaker
Stephen Morales
The Boardroom Leader

The five ways we promote and champion school governance

When volunteers are supported and celebrated, boards become stronger – and children benefit

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Why mergers succeed, and what we can learn from those that don’t

Trusts that bear the battle scars of past mergers show us that a match of values is more important…

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Can schools ban parents from sports days?

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This week’s best responses from our readers

Another way for school readiness, why phone bans ARE the brave choice and enrichment’s GCSE blinkers problem

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How to really drive efficiencies in schools, and what next after Ofsted legal action failure

Freddie Whittaker
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Why we’re getting parents dreadfully wrong, why RISE needs to raise its game, and why Ofsted can only take…

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The wrong kind reading test at the wrong time, the true sign of cultural decline, and cognitive dissonance over…

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Missing! A piece of the admissions puzzle. A ministerial responsibility. Support for familes. And clarity from Ofsted.

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A monstrous admission, a deafening silence, a dangerous manifesto and a turn of the tables

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Primary testing, the demise of a Schools Week standard, farming for engagement, chunking EHCPs, and a conspiracy flushed out

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Schools Week’s legendary cartoonist hangs up his pen, perceptions of behaviour diverge, and a data disaster looms

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