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17 May 2026

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Lucas Cumiskey

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Promise of eye tests in all special schools will create ‘huge unfunded burden’ 

Schools Week joined health minister Stephen Kinnock in Brent to look at the practicalities of the ...

Lucas Cumiskey

13 Jan 2025 | Inclusion
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Revealed: Asbestos row behind school’s £500k legal stand-off

Reading council issued High Court proceedings in September to recover debt and interest from Highdown ...

Lucas Cumiskey

10 Jan 2025 | School buildings
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Let teachers sanction parents over pupils’ bad behaviour, says Tony Blair think tank

Lack of parental engagement should be safeguarding issue and national behaviour challenge required, say ...

Lucas Cumiskey

20 Dec 2024
News

Ofsted to trial ‘new inspection approach’ in January

Ofsted also publishes first monitoring report on Big Listen promises as it ploughs ahead with inspection reform

Lucas Cumiskey

19 Dec 2024 | Ofsted
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Councils kept waiting on key SEND deficit ‘override’ decision

Cash-strapped councils now face waiting until next year for an update on what will happen when the ...

Lucas Cumiskey

20 Dec 2024 | Inclusion
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Misbehaviour interrupts most lessons for 4 in 10 teachers

And more than a quarter of secondary leaders flag weapon incidents

Lucas Cumiskey

18 Dec 2024 | Behaviour
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Ofsted: Mainstream accountability focus risks SEND ‘flexibility’

Leaders said staff shortages were a 'barrier to meeting children and young people’s aspirations for the ...

Lucas Cumiskey

16 Dec 2024
News

11-hour school day pays dividends

A report showed missed homework sanctions were down 12 per cent and stars for good behaviour were up 16 per cent

Lucas Cumiskey

16 Dec 2024 | Schools
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MPs give Sir Ian Bauckham the nod for Ofqual top job

MPs hope he will serve a full term and 'restore much-needed stability' to Ofqual

Lucas Cumiskey

13 Dec 2024
News

Nine-day fortnight proves a big hit with Dixons staff

One term in, Schools Week visited Dixons Fazakerley Academy, in Liverpool, to see how it’s going...

Lucas Cumiskey

13 Dec 2024 | Solutions