SEND SEND bailout could ‘reduce incentives to contain costs’ Leaders welcome plan to write off 90% of deficits, but warn there is ‘not currently enough money in the… Samantha Booth 49mins Samantha Booth 49mins Ofsted Ofsted requests schools publish QR code with report card content Watchdog wants parents to get links to full reports to avoid ‘cherry picking’ only positive grades Samantha Booth 3h Samantha Booth 3h News ‘Inclusion base’ for every school – but who will pay? Leaders call for clarity as data shows current provision – and how it is funded – varies Ruth Lucas 4h Ruth Lucas 4h safeguarding KCSIE 2026: Everything schools need to know Proposed guidance strengthens expectations around serious violence and mobile phone use in schools Ruth Lucas 5h Ruth Lucas 5h Ofsted Exclusive Ofsted reviews data shown in special school report cards New reports currently compare metrics like capacity of special schools to other schools in their phase, not other specialist… Samantha Booth 12h Samantha Booth 12h Schools Draft gender guidance urges ‘very careful approach’ to social transition Proposed guidance also states there are ‘no exceptions’ for single-sex spaces in schools Ruth Lucas 23h Ruth Lucas 23h News Education estates strategy to replace CIF and create surplus land framework New process for repairs to standalone academies and small trusts will not require ‘full bids’, says DfE Ruth Lucas 2d Ruth Lucas 2d SEND DfE expects all secondary schools to have ‘inclusion bases’ Each school would have a ‘dedicated safe space away from busy classrooms where pupils can access targeted support’, says… Freddie Whittaker 3d Freddie Whittaker and Ruth Lucas 3d Academies Star academy trust fell victim to ‘historic fraud’ over several years MAT with 36 schools says ‘all reasonable steps taken’ following ‘significant financial irregularity’ Jack Dyson 3d Jack Dyson 3d SEND Government to write off 90% of councils’ SEND deficits Local authorities will get a grant to cover all but 10% of historic deficits accrued by the end of… Samantha Booth 4d Samantha Booth 4d RISE Heads ‘on trial’: 8 findings from first RISE evaluation But report concludes the initial rollout of Labour’s school improvement scheme has been a ‘success’ Jack Dyson 4d Jack Dyson 4d PFI Investigation Secret £1m bailout as PFI windfalls and school woes grow ‘Confidential’ deal to cover £1m ‘bullet payment’ revealed as figures suggest PFI firms could have made £86m in one… Jack Dyson 4d Jack Dyson 4d 1 2 3 4 5 6 1,023 Older
