News Revealed: The school pupils who disengage during ‘Year 7 dip’ Studies should be ‘warning sign’ for early intervention, say experts Lydia Chantler-Hicks 25mins Lydia Chantler-Hicks 25mins Academies New 25-school MAT on cards as Compass and Eko plan merger Average academy trust size now surpasses five schools as smaller trusts merge Freddie Whittaker 8h Freddie Whittaker 8h Movers and Shakers Founding CEO of Yorkshire MAT to retire Former ASCL president and long-term trust boss set to be replaced in new year Schools Week Reporter 16h Schools Week Reporter 16h Academies Investigation How academy trusts are ‘caught in a trap’ on school reserves Most trusts say money has been built up to fund construction projects or to shield from financial uncertainties Jack Dyson 19h Jack Dyson 19h SEND Schools could face SEND tribunal penalties Direction forcing schools and councils to follow rules on evidence bundles follows deluge of ‘irrelevant’ information Freddie Whittaker 2d Freddie Whittaker 2d Civil service Senior civil servants ‘don’t know very much about education’ Academy chief and ex-senior DfE official says moving between departments ‘erodes’ capacity Lydia Chantler-Hicks 3d Lydia Chantler-Hicks 3d SEND Exclusive Surrey council’s block on education communications angers MPs Authority ‘will no longer provide a response to individual cases where a more appropriate alternative route is available’ Freddie Whittaker 3d Chaminda Jayanetti 3d News Three years in the making, but Labour savages SEND improvement plan Conservative government’s SEND improvement plan ‘did not go far enough’ John Dickens 4d John Dickens 4d School readiness Exclusive Benefits cuts threaten school-readiness target Starmer wants 75% of children school-ready by 2028. Benefit cuts put that in jeopardy Rhi Storer 4d Rhi Storer 4d Mental health Long read Where are we on Labour’s mental health promises? Is the government delivering on its pledges? Schools Week takes a look… Lydia Chantler-Hicks 4d Lydia Chantler-Hicks 4d News Attendance and behaviour hubs merged (and new ambassadors) Applications open for 90 ‘best of the best’ lead schools for the new hubs Schools Week Reporter 4d Schools Week Reporter 4d School improvement Stuck schools held accountable if RISE advice falls flat The improvement divisions will instead be charged with making ‘sure delivery is happening’ Jack Dyson 4d Jack Dyson 4d 1 2 3 4 5 6 974 Older
