SEND Exclusive Cheaper to pay fines than provide SEND support Councils pay families thousands of pounds for failure to provide support stipulated in EHCPs Rosa Furneaux 7mo Rosa Furneaux 7mo Attendance Term-time holidays a ‘small part’ of attendance woes – minister Catherine McKinnell says she’s focused on children who regularly miss ‘significant amounts of school’ Rhi Storer 7mo Rhi Storer 7mo News DfE won’t fully fund unexpected post-16 pupils Government warns ‘very large’ increase in 16 to 19-year-olds in education is ‘significantly above the budget for in-year payments’ Jack Dyson 7mo Jack Dyson 7mo Parent complaints Exclusive Heads open up about torrent of abuse from parents Leaders confronted outside their homes, spat at and ‘offered-out’ for fights, while some schools resort to home CCTV to… Jack Dyson 7mo Jack Dyson 7mo 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 7mo John Dickens 7mo 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 7mo John Dickens 7mo 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 7mo John Dickens 7mo 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 7mo John Dickens 7mo 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 7mo John Dickens 7mo 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 7mo Lydia Chantler-Hicks 7mo 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 7mo Freddie Whittaker 7mo 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 7mo Lydia Chantler-Hicks 7mo Newer 1 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 1,001 Older
