Lenehan: Pupils labelled ‘early’ when needs could be poverty-driven Government SEND adviser worried the current system doesn't understand poverty and deprivation
Private special schools move into disused state sites amid SEND shortages Education secretary green-lights state school land transfers to private special school providers
Detection wands could stop mobile phone use in exam halls One London school that uses the scanners to search pupils has found 20 phones in the past three years
DfE set to make school phone ban guidance statutory But school leaders warn a legal ban 'doesn’t really change much'
‘SEND reforms are stronger because we engaged with communities’ Georgia Gould on how Grenfell taught her the importance of listening and her mission to make school 'unmissable'
Scrapping essays over AI fears ‘never off the table’, says Ofqual boss Concerns about cheating means culling non-examined assessment may be 'the right thing to do in some cases'
Special school Ofsted report cards drop mainstream comparisons Schools Week previously reported how special schools were being compared to mainstream schools within the same age range
Police can’t find RISE ‘zoom-bombing’ suspect Academy trust strengthened security settings after an intruder shared offensive content at an event last month
Three primary free schools to go ahead after appeals Meanwhile six cancelled special free school projects have been appealed