SEND

How investors are making millions from the ‘bankrupt’ SEND system

Independent special schools run by private equity firms are now propping up the sector amid a capacity crisis. But...

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Schools

Leaders warn against sudden changes as Lords call to scrap EBacc

Schools sector 'prone to swinging from one end of the pendulum to another', peers warned after report calls for...

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Schools

Dire teacher recruitment data should concern policymakers

Improving the attractiveness of the teaching profession is an essential and urgent need, writes Jack Worth

Samantha Booth
Jack Worth
Schools

DfE’s using ‘influencers’ to boost school attendance

The Department for Education also revealed in its response to MPs that the attendance data collection will become mandatory...

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Exclusions

Ban on legal aid for exclusions cases challenged

Permission has been granted for a test case arguing parents should get access to public funding to challenge potentially...

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
ITT

Teacher trainers deluged by unsuitable international applicants

DfE is trying to stay 'on the front foot' to help teacher trainers deal with a huge influx of...

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Schools

Report reveals how top trusts closed ethnicity attainment gap

Diversifying curriculum was one of the successful strategies in government study commissioned after Sewell report

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Schools

Help us ‘minimise’ exclusions, councils tell regional directors

The Association of Directors of Children's Services (ADCS) wants academy regulators to 'play greater role' in cutting exclusions

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Exams

Only public confidence stopping us from using AI in marking, says AQA

AQA's boss said artificial intelligence could be used 'pretty much tomorrow morning' to mark markers

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth