DfE snubs Braverman pledge for new blasphemy guidance The under-fire home secretary had promised new advice amid row over damaged Quran school pupil suspensions
Coutinho: ‘Important to take time and get SEND reforms right’ Children’s minister was responding to criticism of SEND action plan that ‘pushes tough decisions until after election’
Schools hit by uniform and toilet policy protests Police were called to several schools after protests this week and last, with one force issuing a dispersal order
Sluggish SEND review risks leaving kids ‘stuck in vicious cycle’, says de Souza ‘We have two more years of children being fed into this cycle with commensurate poor outcomes that has necessitated the review in the first place’, says children’s commissioner
SEND review: Three-year trial before national roll-out of flagship reforms It means the major proposals to fix broken system might not be rolled out until 2026
Ministers woo undergrads to join flagship tutor scheme Unis told to recruit students for the NTP, saying it is ‘valuable work experience’ and allows them to ‘give back to communities’
Ofqual reveals full extent of Capita’s 2022 SATs woes From wrong results to missing papers, report documents firm’s controversial first year running national tests under £107m contract
‘Concerned’ DfE vows to back heads after school policy protests Wave of protests over uniform and toilet policies see police called in, with a girl arrested at one school and TikTok video urging pupils to ‘trash classrooms’
Parents wait up to a year to challenge SEND support ‘In the most extreme cases you could have kids sitting at home, self-harming for a year with no provision’