SEND

SEND review consultation may be extended as accessible versions delayed

BSL and easy-read versions of the green paper were promised almost a month ago

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
SEND

Pupils with special needs travel hundreds of miles to school

At least 3,000 children travel 20 miles or more away from home

Samantha Booth
Gareth Davies
SEND

No place to go: Special schools’ capacity crisis revealed

Leaders convert staffrooms and therapy spaces amid surge in pupils with special needs

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
SEND

Revealed: The spiralling cost of a broken SEND system

Three-quarters of councils now have high needs financial blackholes, with many rejecting large numbers of requests for special needs...

Samantha Booth
Gareth Davies and Samantha Booth
SEND

Investigation: The broken special needs system

Joint investigation by Schools Week and the Bureau of Investigative Journalism reveals the scale of the challenge ahead for...

Samantha Booth
Gareth Davies and Samantha Booth
Schools

1 in 6 heads expect energy bills to treble

Teaching assistant hours face the axe as schools scramble to cope with price hikes

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
SEND

Director at criticised council wins DfE contract to help others improve

The DfE has appointed 13 SEND advisers on salaries of £90k to act as 'critical friends'

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Teacher training

Early career framework risks heads snubbing new teachers

Polling shows just one in seven new teachers think the training is a good use of time

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Exams

The inside story of the new natural history GCSE

How a BBC veteran, Green MP and exams expert developed a brand new qualification

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth