DfE inclusion tsar to lead SEND expert panel Academy trust boss Tom Rees will co-chair a panel to create inclusion standards and new SEND ‘packages’
New ‘inclusion strategies’: What schools need to know DfE fleshes out requirements for annual strategies that will attract £400m a year in funding
Some schools ‘actively discourage’ SEN support pupils, research warns Top performing schools are found to take less pupils with SEND and eligible for free school meals
Schools left in the dark on RSHE training grants Department for Education promised training grants in ‘early 2026’
Exclusions and absence cut under early identification approach – study Approach focuses on early identification of needs and action plans
Peer networks provide support for new inclusion bases Two London-based schools are leading networks specialising in autism provision
Most schools already produce SEND plans, poll suggests Teacher Tapp poll of SENCOs suggests just 11 per cent of schools are not writing SEND plans for pupils
More than half of specialist free school projects set to go ahead Councils faced a choice between a new school and accepting alternative funding for SEND expansion
Education questions: Ministers grilled on SEND reforms and academy trust accountability Bridget Phillipson and her team fielded questions from MPs in the House of Commons