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11 May 2026

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Chaminda Jayanetti

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Earning the right to deprivation funding

How might ministers better target deprivation funding based on family income?

Chaminda Jayanetti

31 Mar 2026 | School funding
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Soaring cost of private provision revealed as ministers plan curbs

The findings of a Schools Week investigation come as the government gears up to rein in spending on ...

Chaminda Jayanetti

17 Mar 2026 | Inclusion
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Upheld SEND complaints rise 25% in a year

'These statistics expose the extent to which local authorities continue to fail children and young people ...

Chaminda Jayanetti

9 Mar 2026 | Inclusion
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‘There is nothing left to cut’: The schools counting the cost of inclusion

Schools Week investigates how the current system punishes inclusive schools financially, with leaders ...

Chaminda Jayanetti

5 Mar 2026 | Inclusion
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Will reforms fix the SEND funding crisis?

Councils may face a rise in requests for EHCPs to secure special school places ahead of the reforms

Chaminda Jayanetti

27 Feb 2026 | Schools white paper
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Behaviour expert plays down hubs’ restorative practice trend

'The behaviour hubs actively encouraged schools to adopt greater levels of consistency, rigour and ...

Chaminda Jayanetti

16 Feb 2026 | Behaviour
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Attendance and behaviour hubs: 29 more lead schools revealed

Schools Week obtains list of additional lead schools, with several more due to be announced later this week

Chaminda Jayanetti

28 Jan 2026 | Behaviour
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Abu Dhabi-owned SEND school firm profits soar to £45m

Witherslack said more pupils in its independent special schools had helped deliver a 30 per cent profit boost

Chaminda Jayanetti

23 Jul 2025 | Inclusion
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School budgets slide further into the red

Findings come as governors say budgets are now their biggest concern – with one in ten schools relying on ...

Chaminda Jayanetti

11 Jul 2025 | School funding
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Children’s social care crisis forces thousands to move school during exam years

One-third of children in care in years 10 to 13 had to move home in 2023-24, research shows, with more ...

Chaminda Jayanetti

30 Jun 2025