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11 May 2026

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Ruth Lucas

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News

Schools will not be added as safeguarding ‘fourth partner’

The decision is a 'missed opportunity', says children’s commissioner

Ruth Lucas

3d | Safeguarding
News

‘Postcode lottery’ for absence fines remains despite standardisation

Education Policy Institute research finds rates of fines being issued are 'geographically unequal'

Ruth Lucas

1w
News

Occupational therapists warn they can’t give children required support

Polling comes as the government plans to launch its 'experts at hand' service as part of SEND reforms

Ruth Lucas

1w | Inclusion
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Ministers mull future of £380m SEND budgets transfer policy

Some councils say transfers are necessary, but heads want the policy scrapped and decisions reversed

Ruth Lucas

2w | Inclusion
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Features

Will local government reorganisation improve SEND?

The government says yes, but others say it will split services and make new councils bankrupt from the get-go

Ruth Lucas

2w | Inclusion
News

Bristol school’s decision to postpone MP visit based on ‘safeguarding concerns’, review finds

Joan McVittie's review into decision making at Bristol Brunel Academy finds no evidence of antisemitism

Ruth Lucas

2w | Schools
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Education questions: Ministers quizzed on school food standards and falling rolls

Bridget Phillipson and her ministers grilled in the Commons

Ruth Lucas

2w | Politics
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Child poverty strategy ignores schools as ‘central partner’, says Teach First

'We believe the strategy’s lack of focus on improving educational outcomes is a missed opportunity'

Ruth Lucas

3w | Politics
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Registers of children not in education ‘burdensome’ for not much value, pilot suggests

Department for Education data suggests 117,000 children were missing from school in 2022-23

Ruth Lucas

3w | Attendance
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High achieving disadvantaged pupils less likely to get top GCSE grades

UCL research finds gaps begin to emerge between ages 11 and 14

Ruth Lucas

2 Apr 2026 | Schools