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 1y Samantha Booth 1y 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 1y Lucas Cumiskey 1y 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 1y Lucas Cumiskey 1y 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 1y Freddie Whittaker 1y Schools Schools must be reimbursed for any national insurance hike, say unions Reports suggested the government could increase national insurance contributions Samantha Booth 1y Samantha Booth and Jack Dyson 1y 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 1y Freddie Whittaker 1y 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 1y Lucas Cumiskey 1y 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 1y Lucas Cumiskey 1y 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 1y Chaminda Jayanetti 1y News Investigation SEND tribunal costs spiral to £13m Record numbers of parents are appealing council refusals to issue EHCPs Samantha Booth 1y Samantha Booth 1y News Diversity gap in academy trust top jobs fails to narrow Number of black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) leaders remains static Jack Dyson 1y Jack Dyson 1y 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 1y Freddie Whittaker 1y Newer 1 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 1,016 Older