SEND

How to solve SEND? 13 sector solutions…

The education committee received an 'unprecedented' number of responses to its SEND inquiry. Here's what we learned from it...

John Dickens
John Dickens
SEND

Feature: The case for a SEND evidence ‘custodian’

Calls grow for a national institute for SEND excellence - so how could it work?

John Dickens
John Dickens
SEND

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
John Dickens
SEND

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
John Dickens
SEND

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
John Dickens
SEND

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
John Dickens
Ofsted

Ofsted school report cards: The 11 key proposals

From 'exemplary' to ditched deep dives: everything schools need to know about Ofsted's big inspection shake-up

John Dickens
John Dickens
News

Ofsted chief: ‘It’s time to reset the bar to raise standards’

Sir Martyn Oliver answers Schools Week's questions about plans for new report cards and changes to the inspection framework

John Dickens
John Dickens
Academies

MPs demand answers over academy probe transparency rowback

Public accounts committee 'concerned' decision to publish investigation summaries 'hinders transparency'

John Dickens
John Dickens