News

Inclusion 2028: DfE extends SEND sports initiative

£300,000 funding allocated for first year, but decision beyond that must wait for spending review

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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
Freddie Whittaker
Movers and Shakers

Movers and shakers: St Christopher’s, Careers and Enterprise Company, Browne Jacobson

This week’s movers and shakers include a PhD student and a former ice-cream van operator

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
SEND

Special school delays undermine deficit reduction efforts

Nine councils – nearly a quarter of those on the controversial safety valve scheme – have flagged delays

Freddie Whittaker
Chaminda Jayanetti
News

‘Sleepless nights’ over funding and lost Ofsted hope: NAHT conference diary

'If we fail to invest in education, we fail to invest in our future'

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
News

Teacher apprenticeship length cut to line up with school year

Length of postgraduate course to be slashed from 12 to nine months from August, DfE confirms

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
News

Schools told to plan work experience for key stage 3 pupils

Statutory guidance update states younger pupils should get a week's worth of work experience 'activities'

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
News

DfE to investigate why SEND numbers have ballooned

Government pledges to look at reasons behind rise in demand for special needs support, and will provide 'costed plan'...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
School funding

Harris blames ‘unfunded’ pay rises as it plans redundancies

But NASUWT teaching union accuses academy trust of 'disgraceful behaviour'

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker