Plea for financial health of councils to be considered in SEND tribunals A cash-strapped local authority has made a series of controversial recommendations to ministers
School SEND reports harder to read than Stephen Hawking book Experts warn ‘we ought to be able to explain SEND to parents more clearly than someone explains cosmology’
SEND: DfE finally considers pupil impact of safety valve scheme Move comes three years after controversial cost-cutting scheme was launched
SEND delays ‘making children vulnerable’ to violence – report Inspectorates, including Ofsted, warn delays in assessing SEND needs are ‘putting children at greater risk of harm’
DfE officials grilled on SEND: 7 key findings Senior civil servants were quizzed on the crisis hit SEND system, after a damning report by the National Audit Office last month
Minister wants more details on home-to-school travel Catherine McKinnell says ‘even fundamental information’ such as the number of pupils who receive free transport is not collected
Scheme will help schools recover energy over-payments Company will carry out audits to look for ‘anomalies and billing errors’, then recover funds
DfE trials ‘dating agency’ to help trainees find school placement ‘Manage school placements’ service, piloted in Leeds, allows schools to publish opportunities for placing students on teacher training courses
New body launched to give council schools policy voice New Maintained School Collective wants to provide a supportive network for council schools to collaborate