Inclusion

Call for ‘enforceable’ school inclusion framework and audits

Schools should follow ‘enforceable’ national inclusivity standards to ‘shape a system that works for everyone’, major FED report says

John Dickens
Ella Jessel
News

Infrastructure strategy pledges rebuilds for 250 more schools

And school and college maintenance funding to rise to £3bn a year by 2035

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Movers and Shakers

Paul Tarn set to leave Delta Academies Trust

Trust says recently-knighted leader to retire with ‘comprehensive succession plan’ in place

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
News

Teachers, heads and schools among 93 Pearson National Teaching Awards silver winners

Head who pioneered AI workload reduction in special schools and site manager who saved colleague’s life among those recognised

Schools Week Reporter
Schools Week Reporter
News

Urgently set out plans to avoid SEND deficits ‘cliff-edge’, MPs tell DfE

Senior MP warns ‘lack of action’ suggests government is ‘comfortable with the current state of affairs’

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
News

Investigate ‘shocking’ special school free meal take-up, DfE told

Study finds quarter of eligible pupils in special schools not taking up free school meal

John Dickens
Ella Jessel


News

Watchdog extends probe into suspected school repairs ‘bid-rigging’

Competition and Markets Authority gathers more evidence in investigation into bids for the condition improvement fund

Freddie Whittaker
Ella Jessel
Climate change

Government ends school decarbonisation grants scheme

Programme to lower school energy bills will not be awarding any more grants, it has been confirmed

Shane Chowen
Shane Chowen
Academies

Secret settlement ends four-year SchoolsCompany legal battle

But it is not clear how much the trust has managed to claw back, because the settlement agreements are…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Academies

‘Most broken school’ rated ‘good’ in all areas

The school waited 11 years for a sponsor, enduring ‘inadequate’ Ofsteds and huge deficits before finding trust

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
News

King’s birthday honours 2025: Top gongs for northern trust CEOs

70 people with links to England’s school system recognised

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
SEND

‘An accident waiting to happen’: Schools forced to provide medical care for vulnerable pupils

Situation so bad one trust may be forced to take legal action against its local health board

Freddie Whittaker
Chaminda Jayanetti