Promise of eye tests in all special schools will create ‘huge unfunded burden’ Schools Week joined health minister Stephen Kinnock in Brent to look at the practicalities of the government’s pledge to provide free NHS tests in situ
Revealed: Asbestos row behind school’s £500k legal stand-off Reading council issued High Court proceedings in September to recover debt and interest from Highdown School and Sixth Form Centre
Let teachers sanction parents over pupils’ bad behaviour, says Tony Blair think tank Lack of parental engagement should be safeguarding issue and national behaviour challenge required, say researchers
Ofsted to trial ‘new inspection approach’ in January Ofsted also publishes first monitoring report on Big Listen promises as it ploughs ahead with inspection reform
Councils kept waiting on key SEND deficit ‘override’ decision Cash-strapped councils now face waiting until next year for an update on what will happen when the statutory override ends in 2026
Misbehaviour interrupts most lessons for 4 in 10 teachers And more than a quarter of secondary leaders flag weapon incidents
Ofsted: Mainstream accountability focus risks SEND ‘flexibility’ Leaders said staff shortages were a ‘barrier to meeting children and young people’s aspirations for the future’, the report notes
11-hour school day pays dividends A report showed missed homework sanctions were down 12 per cent and stars for good behaviour were up 16 per cent
MPs give Sir Ian Bauckham the nod for Ofqual top job MPs hope he will serve a full term and ‘restore much-needed stability’ to Ofqual