SEND: Some schools ‘resist’ admitting children with EHCPs – adjudicator ‘Small number’ of councils tell admissions watchdog of an ‘increase in reluctance of schools’ to be named in support plans
Revealed: The trusts to run 30 new special free schools However three other promised schools are yet to have a trust appointed after none was found
Pushy parents ‘not to blame’ as schools lead surge in bids for EHCPs Councils told to explain why families’ ECHP requests are ‘disproportionately’ snubbed as applications rocket
Ministers withhold £18m from five ‘safety valve’ councils LAs’ SEND bailout agreements ‘subject to review’, as more councils agree deals totalling £230m
Two-thirds of special schools full or over capacity, new data shows New data published after Schools Week investigations into bursting special school classrooms
Ministers reject council’s 15-year safety valve plan Council chief said they ‘acted with integrity’ over controversial SEND deal
Revealed: Councils slice £67m from school budgets to prop up SEND deficits Four-fold increase in the school funding councils have shifted to fill high needs budget blackholes
GCSEs: Suspended pupils 12 months behind peers, research finds Think tank’s research puts ‘a number on the suspension grades gap for the first time’
Oak looking at quality standards for external curriculum resources The government’s curriculum quango is exploring ‘thresholds’ providers would have to meet for it to signpost their resources