Assessment

SEND pupils now allowed to listen to music during exams

Schools will also be able to use mental health support service referral letters to apply for extra support

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Tutoring

A ‘vibrant tutor market’? Providers wind down as NTP closes

Tutoring providers scale down as the flagship catch-up scheme closes

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
News

Natural history GCSE stalls after official ‘block’

The proposed GCSE is one of a number of curriculum commitments currently up in the air post-election

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Inclusion

Pause in Ofsted SEND inspections ‘opens accountability gap’

Suspending monitoring visits to councils with widespread failings 'sets off alarm bells'

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Assessment

Primary school disadvantage gap narrows

But the gap between disadvantaged pupils and their better-off peers remains above pre-pandemic levels

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Politics

Phillipson faces first education questions from MPs

SEND and private VAT plan dominate the schools agenda during Commons exchange

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Inclusion

SEND: Two in five EHCP decisions took more than 6 months

It comes as MPs warn ministers of desperate situations in their constituencies

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth