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More duties? Some councils have no home education staff

Labour’s schools bill will give councils new duties to check family homes are a ‘suitable learning environment’

Rhi Storer
Rhi Storer
Schools Bill

Where is Starmer’s school improvement ‘vision’?

PM is drawn into row over schools bill as leaders urge Labour to set out a clear standards ‘narrative’

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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attendance Covid

Higher fines fail to stem high pupil absence rates

The government hiked fines in September for unauthorised school absences, with the penalties for parents rising from £60 to…

Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Lydia Chantler-Hicks
SEND

Revealed: The experts appointed to SEND inclusion panels

The government has appointed a team of experts to evaluate how to make mainstream schools more inclusive

Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Lydia Chantler-Hicks
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Embedding Formative Assessment: not just a box-ticking exercise but something long-term and meaningful for all

Our EFA programme has been proven to help schools achieve better GCSE results, as evidenced by the EEF. Find…

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Building capacity in family support to tackle low school attendance 

Persistent and severe school absence impacts children, families, and communities—especially in disadvantaged areas. School-Home Support’s Attendance Support and Development Programme…

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Nicola Williams, Schools Manager at School-Home Support
SEND

‘Umbrella’ SEND label is ‘misleading’, says inclusion tsar

The government’s inclusion tsar believes ‘a lot of what we categorise as ‘special’ is normal and predictable’

Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Lydia Chantler-Hicks
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Gibb: ‘We have let down thousands of SEND children’

Former schools minister says there are ‘still too many children for whom mainstream education isn’t appropriate’

Rhi Storer
Rhi Storer
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Phillipson’s AI ‘revolution’: What schools need to know

Mandatory teacher training on using assistive technology, a new tech purchasing platform and edtech evidence board announced at BETT…

Rhi Storer
Rhi Storer
School buildings

£13.8bn school building maintenance backlog revealed

Unions say the government must ‘go further and faster’ in making school buildings fit for purpose

Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Schools Bill
Catherine McKinnell

Government will amend schools bill over academy teacher pay

Schools minister says amendment will make clear academies have to follow a salary floor, but need only show ‘due…

Schools Week Reporter
Schools Week Reporter
Schools Bill

Live blog: Experts give evidence at schools bill debate

Academy trust bosses and sector leaders give evidence to MPs today on government reform proposals

Schools Week Reporter
Schools Week Reporter