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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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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
News

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
News

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
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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
Ofsted

Ofsted should inspect pupil wellbeing, says EPI

Education Policy Institute also updates its trust and council performance tracker tool

Rhi Storer
Rhi Storer
News

Delta trust merger escalated to ministers

Trust boss left puzzled after advisory board refers decision to minister

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
Academies

Brighton trust to close after ‘GAG pooling’ controversy

MAT at centre of first ‘GAG pooling’ strikes will transfer schools to other trusts

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
Movers and Shakers

Movers and shakers: Ascent, Supporting Education, Peterborough Keys, AQA

This week’s movers and shakers include a former schools minister, a keen rally car fan, a volleyball player and…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Schools Bill

Academy reforms ‘open door to more Catholic schools’

Campaigners fear lifting rule requiring all new schools to be academies will allow more voluntary aided settings that select…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker