Politics

Revealed: The new education committee membership

11 MPs selected for influential committee that holds the Department for Education to account

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth and Freddie Whittaker
SEND

SEND in crisis: ‘Whole-system reform needed’, says NAO

Government's spending watchdog also says councils need 'urgent' intervention to stop widespread financial meltdown

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
SEND

SEND in crisis: NAO’s 8 damning findings

The government’s spending watchdog has called for ‘whole-system reform’ of special needs education, warning the system is ‘financially unsustainable’...

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
SEND

SEND spend spotlight: the data keeping Labour up at night

Ahead of an important report on SEND due next week, Schools Week looks at four of the most pressing...

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Schools

Schools must be reimbursed for any national insurance hike, say unions

Reports suggested the government could increase national insurance contributions

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth and Jack Dyson
News

SEND tribunal costs spiral to £13m

Record numbers of parents are appealing council refusals to issue EHCPs

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Exams

Deadline for results checking service extended after tech issue

New data service hit by technical problems in the first year it has been moved back in-house to the...

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
News

Phillipson urges ‘patience’ on SEND reforms

Education secretary adds she is looking at how to help mainstream schools run their own special needs provision

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Schools

6 key school findings from biggest annual parent survey

Worrying findings on school absences, home education and children feeling unsafe at school

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth