I’m on your side, new children’s minister promises parents Seventh children’s minister overseeing SEND reforms pledges to treat parents as ‘key stakeholders’
Attendance: Ministers plan local absence ‘action alliances’ DfE also meeting health leaders to discuss better data-sharing between departments
Three more councils slammed over ‘systematic SEND failings’ Oxfordshire, Oldham and Plymouth received the lowest rating in inspections of their SEND services this summer
School leaders fear financial impact of pupil withdrawal over RAAC Families fear further disruption, and leaders worry concrete crisis will affect applications for 2024
RAAC: Keegan under fire over holiday and ‘portacabin’ claims Education secretary slammed for going on holiday after ministers advised to close RAAC schools (and saying children ‘prefer portacabins’)
Teachers wrongly told they’d failed to make pension payments One teacher said the bungle caused a ‘great deal of upset and unnecessary worry’
Kent’s mainstream SEND plans ‘put pupils’ chances at risk’ Council’s new target for 80 per cent of pupils with EHCPs in mainstream schools criticised
30k primary pupils’ data may be at risk after Capita cyber attack Dark web monitored for the information after company was targeted in March