SEND SEND spend spotlight: the data keeping Labour up at night Ahead of an important report on SEND due next week, Schools Week looks at four of the most pressing… Samantha Booth 6mo Samantha Booth 6mo Support staff New law mustn’t rule CEOs are ‘support staff’, DfE told The organisation representing academies in England wants central teams to be excluded from the bill’s definition of support staff Lucas Cumiskey 6mo Lucas Cumiskey 6mo Solutions School trials free creche for teachers in latest flexibility push Charles Dickens provides free breakfast and after-school club provision for the children of staff and a discounted on-site nursey Lucas Cumiskey 6mo Lucas Cumiskey 6mo School buildings Exclusive Repeated review of new special school buildings irks councils DfE official says new government is ‘working through urgent decisions and taking time to understand those’ Freddie Whittaker 6mo Freddie Whittaker 6mo Schools Schools must be reimbursed for any national insurance hike, say unions Reports suggested the government could increase national insurance contributions Samantha Booth 6mo Samantha Booth and Jack Dyson 6mo School buildings Exclusive ‘High bar’ for new estates improvement notices, says official Senior civil servant issues clarification amid fears over new grounds for a notice to improve Freddie Whittaker 6mo Freddie Whittaker 6mo Teacher Regulation Agency ‘Worst-performing year 11s needed off roll’, leader told staff Senior leader at Harrop Fold wanted kids removed before January census, misconduct hearing told Lucas Cumiskey 6mo Lucas Cumiskey 6mo News Employment rights bill: Schools face zero-hour contract changes Exam invigilators and some supply teachers may need to be given fixed-term contracts and entitled to pension schemes, lawyers… Lucas Cumiskey 6mo Lucas Cumiskey 6mo SEND SEND: Suicide risk over EHC confusion, coroner warns Warning follows an inquest into the death of Jennifer Chalkley, who was 17 when she took her own life… Freddie Whittaker 6mo Chaminda Jayanetti 6mo News Investigation SEND tribunal costs spiral to £13m Record numbers of parents are appealing council refusals to issue EHCPs Samantha Booth 6mo Samantha Booth 6mo News Diversity gap in academy trust top jobs fails to narrow Number of black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) leaders remains static Jack Dyson 6mo Jack Dyson 6mo News Revealed: Ofsted publishes first school reports without headline grades Fifteen schools inspected on September 24 have been issued with sub-judgment grades Freddie Whittaker 7mo Freddie Whittaker 7mo Newer 1 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 970 Older