Inclusion Exclusive Exclusions and absence cut under early identification approach – study Approach focuses on early identification of needs and action plans Ruth Lucas 3w Ruth Lucas 3w Politics DfE’s £15m boost for marketing a ‘slap in face’ for families Government criticised for ‘self-promotion’ after revealing £50m spend Lydia Chantler-Hicks 3w Lydia Chantler-Hicks 3w Inclusion Investigation Soaring cost of private provision revealed as ministers plan curbs The findings of a Schools Week investigation come as the government gears up to rein in spending on private special schools Chaminda Jayanetti 3w Chaminda Jayanetti 3w Academies Exclusive Revealed: First MAT set to surpass 100 schools with merger United Learning’s proposal to merge with another trust would take its academy tally into three figures Jack Dyson 3w Jack Dyson 3w Inclusion Exclusive Peer networks provide support for new inclusion bases Two London-based schools are leading networks specialising in autism provision Ruth Lucas 3w Ruth Lucas 3w Movers and Shakers Movers and shakers: FEA, Infinity, EPI, GDST This week’s movers and shakers include a kinship carer, an air skiier and a former The Apprentice hopeful Schools Week Reporter 3w Schools Week Reporter 3w Inclusion ‘Little surprise’ lawyers and ‘vested interests’ oppose SEND reform, says Phillipson ‘They want the system to remain as it is, because they make a profit, often out of exploiting parents’ Freddie Whittaker 3w Freddie Whittaker 3w Academies Exclusive End of advisory boards leaves civil servants with ‘monopoly on wisdom’ Ministers axe regional director meetings as analysis shows some ‘have essentially ceased to exist’ Jack Dyson 3w Jack Dyson 3w Ofsted Ofsted piloting recruiting inspectors en-masse from school groups Trial will see leaders recruited in groups from trusts and other school networks to make inspection ‘more collaborative’ Lydia Chantler-Hicks 3w Lydia Chantler-Hicks 3w School improvement Trust bosses to lead DfE KS3 alliance MAT chiefs selected to spearhead Labour’s bid to make pupils’ transition into secondary less ‘challenging’ Jack Dyson 3w Jack Dyson 3w Schools ASCL conference 2026: Schools Week live blog Live updates from our journalists in Liverpool Freddie Whittaker 3w Freddie Whittaker 3w Inclusion Exclusive Revealed: DfE’s secret plan to cut special school expansion Documents reveal how councils’ deficit plans will get top ratings for avoiding expanding specialist provision Samantha Booth 3w Samantha Booth 3w Newer 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 1,033 Older
