SEND

SEND deficit support ‘not unlimited’ as funding review pledged

Support given to councils will be 'linked to assurance' they are moving towards an inclusive education system

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth and Lydia Chantler-Hicks
SEND

Identifying inclusion: Lessons for Labour from councils, charities and the sector

The government wants a more inclusive school system. But how do you measure inclusion? We spoke to those already...

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Free schools

‘Nightmare before Christmas’: 46 free school projects scrapped and 59 special schools in limbo

DfE to divert cash to councils to create places instead as leaders question decision to can 'ready to go'...

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth and with Lydia Chantler-Hicks, Jack Dyson, Ruth Lucas
SEND

Ministers’ SEND listening campaign ‘futile’, say parents

But schools minister seeks to reassure parents of a 'real dialogue'

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
SEND

PINS: Half of schools did not get full neurodiversity support

Evaluators highlighted implementation challenges with the £22m programme's first year in 1,669 schools

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
SEND

Spending watchdog defends SEND budget forecast

OBR official says it was 'reasonable' to illustrate the potential impact on the schools budget

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Ofsted

Ofsted: Too many pupils ‘out of step with expectations of school life’

The watchdog's chief inspector also warns social media and smartphones are also partly responsible for disruptive behaviour

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
SEND

Three councils allowed to breach minimum school funding rules

North Tyneside, Bracknell Forest and – for the third year in a row – Kent all 'gained approval to...

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
SEND

Budget bedlam: £20bn SEND black hole prompts DfE row with spending watchdog

Former adviser says Treasury is 'trying to force the pace' of reforms

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth