SEND Exclusive Investigation: How EHCPs are failing our most vulnerable children England now spends nearly £11bn providing education for children with additional needs. But on what? Schools Week investigates … John Dickens 6mo John Dickens 6mo SEND Exclusive EHCPs: Schools pick up pieces of absent health and social care Plans to support SEND pupils being drawn up without any input from health and social care, investigation finds John Dickens 6mo John Dickens 6mo SEND Exclusive Feature: The case for a SEND evidence ‘custodian’ Calls grow for a national institute for SEND excellence – so how could it work? John Dickens 6mo John Dickens 6mo SEND Exclusive Fidget spinners and learning styles: EHCPs’ questionable interventions Schools Week investigation delves into what England’s £11bn high needs budget is spent on … John Dickens 6mo John Dickens 6mo SEND Exclusive Wrong names and rule-breaking: Poor quality EHCPs shortchange schools Education, health and care plans include ‘copy and paste’ elements – and some even have the wrong child’s name… John Dickens 6mo John Dickens 6mo School toothbrushing Supervised toothbrushing to roll out to schools – but where? Funding will not directly cover staffing, but councils can choose to support schools Freddie Whittaker 6mo Freddie Whittaker 6mo Schools DfE seeks to ‘improve’ school reporting on pupil premium spend Department seeks schools’ views as influential committee calls for better follow-up with settings that fail to report on pupil… Lydia Chantler-Hicks 6mo Lydia Chantler-Hicks 6mo Ofsted Ofsted claims inspections improved curriculum (*based on just 20 school visits) Evaluation of current inspection framework criticised over tiny sample size – with Ofsted admitting reading prioritised over maths Lydia Chantler-Hicks 6mo Lydia Chantler-Hicks 6mo Sponsored post Sponsored Catch Up® Literacy and Catch Up® Numeracy are evidence-based interventions which are highly adaptable to meet the specific needs of SEND / ALN learners Catch Up® is a not-for-profit charity working to address literacy and numeracy difficulties that contribute to underachievement. They offer… SWAdvertorial 6mo Catch Up 6mo Free school meals Free school meals data now ‘less useful for research’, warns EPI Make-up of children who receive free lunches becoming ‘more diverse and uncertain’ as a result of government policies and… Rhi Storer 6mo Rhi Storer 6mo Unions Exclusive Matt Wrack tipped for NASUWT general secretary Ex-FBU leader is union executive’s pick to replace Dr Patrick Roach this year, Schools Week can reveal Freddie Whittaker 6mo Freddie Whittaker 6mo Schools Calls for school complaints review as 80% of leaders report abuse Leaders pushed to the brink of quitting with 70% threatened by parents and one in 10 attacked Jack Dyson 6mo Jack Dyson 6mo Newer 1 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 991 Older
