SEND

SEND: DfE finally considers pupil impact of safety valve scheme

Move comes three years after controversial cost-cutting scheme was launched

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
SEND

SEND delays ‘making children vulnerable’ to violence – report

Inspectorates, including Ofsted, warn delays in assessing SEND needs are 'putting children at greater risk of harm'

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
SEND

DfE officials grilled on SEND: 7 key findings

Senior civil servants were quizzed on the crisis hit SEND system, after a damning report by the National Audit...

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
News

Minister wants more details on home-to-school travel

Catherine McKinnell says 'even fundamental information' such as the number of pupils who receive free transport is not collected

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
News

Scheme will help schools recover energy over-payments

Company will carry out audits to look for 'anomalies and billing errors', then recover funds

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
News

DfE trials ‘dating agency’ to help trainees find school placement

'Manage school placements' service, piloted in Leeds, allows schools to publish opportunities for placing students on teacher training courses

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Schools

New body launched to give council schools policy voice

New Maintained School Collective wants to provide a supportive network for council schools to collaborate

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
SEND

Council bankruptcy fear ‘dominates’ SEND reform thinking – DfE aide

Government adviser also warns of a 'fear factor' around reform, and a risk parents will say 'you're taking our...

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Curriculum

Becky Francis reveals ‘emerging themes’ from curriculum review

Francis says ‘frequent complaints’ include that assessment and exams ‘dictate curriculum’, which is also ‘overprescribed and overstuffed’

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth