News

SEND reforms must address transport pressures, says spending watchdog

Eight findings from the National Audit Office's report on home-to-school transport

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Samantha Booth
Ofsted

Nudge unit calls for ‘eye-catching’ national Ofsted inspection survey

The Behavioural Insights Team also recommends Ofsted 'emphasise' in inspector training how to reduce the formality of conversations

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Samantha Booth
SEND

IPPR: ‘Specialist plans’ should replace EHCPs – but not just yet

Influential think tank also calls for new SEND support category in schools, backed by law, in reforms blueprint

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Samantha Booth
Skills white paper

Skills white paper: everything school leaders need to know

The government’s post-16 strategy has finally been unveiled

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Billy Camden and Shane Chowen
League tables

Grammars top league tables as attainment replaces progress 8

Progress 8 cannot be calculated this year and next because SATs were cancelled for two years during the pandemic

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Samantha Booth
News

‘Double disadvantage’: Poorer pupils with SEND less likely to get EHCPs

Sutton Trust warns of 'double disadvantage' with poorer families 'less able to navigate the system'

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Samantha Booth
News

Capacity checkers launch primary school visits

Move follows 'successful' phase of project that assessed capacity of secondary and special schools

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Samantha Booth
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