Schools white paper

Minister’s rallying cry for expert SEND staff to return

Georgia Gould pledged staff like educational psychologists will be in classrooms under new 'experts at hand' service

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Samantha Booth
Schools white paper

Schools in ‘eye of the storm’ of SEND complaints

Schools will have a legal duty to create digital individual support plans for all children with additional needs

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Samantha Booth
Schools white paper

Kevan Collins to be Phillipson’s SEND delivery adviser

Collins, already a senior DfE figure, will focus on white paper roll-out and reviewing how DfE 'engages with councils'

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Samantha Booth
Schools white paper

Schools white paper: The key SEND reform policies

DfE documents finally flesh out proposed 'layered' approach

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Samantha Booth and Freddie Whittaker
Schools white paper

Private special school fees capped in ‘profit before children’ crackdown

Plan for price bands and national standards follows award-winning exposure by Schools Week of soaring private sector spend

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Freddie Whittaker and Samantha Booth
News

Movers and shakers: DfE, Camden Learning, CCT, Skills Builder UK

This week’s movers and shakers include an American football referee and a collector of rare 1980s vintage fragrances

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Samantha Booth
Inclusion

SEND bailout could ‘reduce incentives to contain costs’

Leaders welcome plan to write off 90% of deficits, but warn there is 'not currently enough money in the...

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Samantha Booth
Ofsted

Ofsted requests schools publish QR code with report card content

Watchdog wants parents to get links to full reports to avoid 'cherry picking' only positive grades

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Samantha Booth
Ofsted

Ofsted reviews data shown in special school report cards

New reports currently compare metrics like capacity of special schools to other schools in their phase, not other specialist...

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Samantha Booth