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 in 2021
Revealed: Ofsted publishes first school reports without headline grades Fifteen schools inspected on September 24 have been issued with sub-judgment grades
DfE plots law change to speed up school-based nurseries Ministers want first new provision in surplus primary school buildings to open next year
LEGO play professor among new DfE science council appointees Cambridge Professor Paul Ramchandani among 12 experts appointed to provide ‘advice and challenge’ on issues like SEND and mental health
DfE to review ‘complicated’ school maintenance funding system ‘We know there’s room for improvement’, admits senior civil servant
Labour MP seeks to make school phones ban compulsory Draft law from Josh MacAlister would put phone guidance on a statutory footing – but it’s unclear if it will get government support
Call for action as 400,000 children await autism or ADHD appointments Getting a neurodevelopmental condition diagnosis one of the ‘only ways’ to unlock school support, warns children’s commissioner
DfE lets councils skirt minimum funding rules to prop up SEND LAs given permission to set per-pupil funding below national minimums as deficits spiral
Phonics results creep up, but remain below pre-pandemic Four in five pupils meet the government’s ‘expected standard’