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17 May 2026

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Samantha Booth

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Data reveals untapped educational psychologist pipeline

Almost 9 in 10 applicants for funded training are being turned away as interest in courses soars

Samantha Booth

1w | Inclusion
News

From the frontline: Ofsted, funding and industrial action

We bring you the key concerns raised by headteachers at NAHT's annual conference

Samantha Booth

1w | Schools
News

Lenehan: Pupils labelled ‘early’ when needs could be poverty-driven

Government SEND adviser worried the current system doesn't understand poverty and deprivation

Samantha Booth

2w | Inclusion
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Private special schools move into disused state sites amid SEND shortages

Education secretary green-lights state school land transfers to private special school providers

Samantha Booth

2w | Inclusion
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Detection wands could stop mobile phone use in exam halls

One London school that uses the scanners to search pupils has found 20 phones in the past three years

Samantha Booth

3w | Assessment
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DfE set to make school phone ban guidance statutory

But school leaders warn a legal ban 'doesn’t really change much'

Samantha Booth

3w | Schools
Features

‘SEND reforms are stronger because we engaged with communities’

Georgia Gould on how Grenfell taught her the importance of listening and her mission to make school 'unmissable'

Samantha Booth

16 Apr 2026 | Inclusion
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Scrapping essays over AI fears ‘never off the table’, says Ofqual boss

Concerns about cheating means culling non-examined assessment may be 'the right thing to do in some cases'

Samantha Booth

16 Apr 2026 | Assessment
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Special school Ofsted report cards drop mainstream comparisons

Schools Week previously reported how special schools were being compared to mainstream schools within the ...

Samantha Booth

3 Apr 2026 | Ofsted
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Police can’t find RISE ‘zoom-bombing’ suspect

Academy trust strengthened security settings after an intruder shared offensive content at an event last month

Samantha Booth

31 Mar 2026 | Schools