Exclusions

‘Financial blackmail’: Council to charge schools £21k ‘exclusion levy’

Devon says rising exclusions are no longer affordable, but planned 'exclusion levy' could raise £5.1 million

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Samantha Booth
News

Exam boards’ plans for on-screen GCSE exams delayed

Proposals from all three exam boards to introduce digital exams have fallen behind schedule

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Samantha Booth
Recruitment and retention

Primary teacher recruitment target missed by biggest gap on record

Secondary recruitment targets also missed by nearly 40 per cent - but it's an improvement on last year

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Samantha Booth
Ofsted

Ofsted chair Dame Christine Ryan to step down

Education secretary praises Ryan for leadership during 'a period of significant challenges'

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Samantha Booth
SEND

Kent special schools threaten to sue council over inclusion plans

Mainstream schools are to be more inclusive and high-needs spending brought under control

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Samantha Booth
News

A third of schools snap up free portrait of the King (at cost of £1m)

New figures reveal take-up of controversial scheme to offer King Charles portrait to all public bodies

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Samantha Booth
SEND

Use SEND cash to boost mainstream inclusion, councils told

Move follows budget's £1 billion boost in high needs funding

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Samantha Booth
SEND

Plea for financial health of councils to be considered in SEND tribunals

A cash-strapped local authority has made a series of controversial recommendations to ministers

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Samantha Booth
SEND

School SEND reports harder to read than Stephen Hawking book

Experts warn 'we ought to be able to explain SEND to parents more clearly than someone explains cosmology'

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Samantha Booth