Three years in the making, but Labour savages SEND improvement plan Conservative government’s SEND improvement plan ‘did not go far enough’
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…
Feature: The case for a SEND evidence ‘custodian’ Calls grow for a national institute for SEND excellence – so how could it work?
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
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 on
Fidget spinners and learning styles: EHCPs’ questionable interventions Schools Week investigation delves into what England’s £11bn high needs budget is spent on …
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 …
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
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