Movers and Shakers Founding CEO of Yorkshire MAT to retire Former ASCL president and long-term trust boss set to be replaced in new year Schools Week Reporter 7mo Schools Week Reporter 7mo Academies Investigation How academy trusts are ‘caught in a trap’ on school reserves Most trusts say money has been built up to fund construction projects or to shield from financial uncertainties Jack Dyson 7mo Jack Dyson 7mo SEND Schools could face SEND tribunal penalties Direction forcing schools and councils to follow rules on evidence bundles follows deluge of ‘irrelevant’ information Freddie Whittaker 7mo Freddie Whittaker 7mo Civil service Senior civil servants ‘don’t know very much about education’ Academy chief and ex-senior DfE official says moving between departments ‘erodes’ capacity Lydia Chantler-Hicks 7mo Lydia Chantler-Hicks 7mo SEND Exclusive Surrey council’s block on education communications angers MPs Authority ‘will no longer provide a response to individual cases where a more appropriate alternative route is available’ Freddie Whittaker 7mo Chaminda Jayanetti 7mo News Three years in the making, but Labour savages SEND improvement plan Conservative government’s SEND improvement plan ‘did not go far enough’ John Dickens 7mo John Dickens 7mo School readiness Exclusive Benefits cuts threaten school-readiness target Starmer wants 75% of children school-ready by 2028. Benefit cuts put that in jeopardy Rhi Storer 7mo Rhi Storer 7mo Mental health Long read Where are we on Labour’s mental health promises? Is the government delivering on its pledges? Schools Week takes a look… Lydia Chantler-Hicks 7mo Lydia Chantler-Hicks 7mo News Attendance and behaviour hubs merged (and new ambassadors) Applications open for 90 ‘best of the best’ lead schools for the new hubs Schools Week Reporter 7mo Schools Week Reporter 7mo School improvement Stuck schools held accountable if RISE advice falls flat The improvement divisions will instead be charged with making ‘sure delivery is happening’ Jack Dyson 7mo Jack Dyson 7mo SEND Exclusive EHCP shake-up considered as part of SEND reforms, adviser confirms The plans – or a new alternative – could be ‘narrowed’ to special schools only, adviser suggests Freddie Whittaker 7mo Freddie Whittaker 7mo Social mobility The ‘tale of two cities’ threatening Labour’s opportunity mission Social mobility of some pupils in poorest parts of London are three times that of counterparts in Newcastle, Sutton… Freddie Whittaker 7mo Freddie Whittaker 7mo Newer 1 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 1,016 Older