News

Schools ‘at the heart of SEND reforms’, says adviser

Dame Christine Lenehan says reforms look at 'changing nature' between schools and local authorities

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Assessment

Ofqual boss ‘signals anxiety’ to DfE about AI in A-level coursework

Sir Ian Bauckham was questioned by MPs this morning on artificial intelligence risks, his new 'rebuke' powers and on-screen...

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Samantha Booth
Profile

Baroness Barran, shadow education minister

A few days after she was appointed as academies minister in 2021, officials described to Baroness Diana Barran the severity...

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Samantha Booth
Schools

How falling school rolls are not just London’s crisis

Declining childbirth rates are hitting school demographics with many schools facing closure as the issue spreads across England

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Chaminda Jayanetti
Assessment

New GCSE results app to be rolled out nationwide

It follows a pilot where just six per cent of invited schools and colleges took part, but ministers hope...

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Samantha Booth
Inclusion

SEND deficit support ‘not unlimited’ as funding review pledged

Support given to councils will be 'linked to assurance' they are moving towards an inclusive education system

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Samantha Booth and Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Inclusion

Identifying inclusion: Lessons for Labour from councils, charities and the sector

The government wants a more inclusive school system. But how do you measure inclusion? We spoke to those already...

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Samantha Booth
News

‘Nightmare before Christmas’: 46 free school projects scrapped and 59 special schools in limbo

DfE to divert cash to councils to create places instead as leaders question decision to can 'ready to go'...

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Samantha Booth and with Lydia Chantler-Hicks, Jack Dyson, Ruth Lucas
Inclusion

Ministers’ SEND listening campaign ‘futile’, say parents

But schools minister seeks to reassure parents of a 'real dialogue'

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Samantha Booth