Inclusion Most schools already produce SEND plans, poll suggests Teacher Tapp poll of SENCOs suggests just 11 per cent of schools are not writing SEND plans for pupils Ruth Lucas 4h Ruth Lucas 4h Inclusion Upheld SEND complaints rise 25% in a year ‘These statistics expose the extent to which local authorities continue to fail children and young people with SEND’ Chaminda Jayanetti 4h Chaminda Jayanetti 4h Politics Exclusive Beer raises a glass to 11 years at DfE Longest-serving regional director is retiring Jack Dyson 3d Jack Dyson 3d Ofsted New Ofsted policy sees 1 in 8 inspections deferred or paused Of the 786 schools that requested a deferral, 79 per cent (621) were accepted, while all 37 requests for… Lydia Chantler-Hicks 3d Lydia Chantler-Hicks 3d School improvement Investigation DfE advisers RISE to the challenge (269 miles away) One in 10 schools in school improvement programme have been paired with advisers based in different parts of the… Jack Dyson 3d Jack Dyson 3d Inclusion SEND: MPs’ warning over home-to-school transport costs The public accounts committee identifies ‘glaring’ unanswered questions on transport costs, predicted to reach £3bn in 2030 Samantha Booth 3d Samantha Booth 3d Assessment Ofqual boss hears pupils’ confessions on AI ‘It’s getting harder and harder to detect it,’ warns Sir Ian Bauckham Samantha Booth 4d Samantha Booth 4d Inclusion Allergy guidance: What schools need to know Proposed statutory guidance says all schools should stock spare allergy pens Samantha Booth 4d Samantha Booth and Ruth Lucas 4d Inclusion Investigation ‘There is nothing left to cut’: The schools counting the cost of inclusion Schools Week investigates how the current system punishes inclusive schools financially, with leaders facing making cutbacks to maintain current… Chaminda Jayanetti 4d Chaminda Jayanetti 4d Inclusion Exclusive More than half of specialist free school projects set to go ahead Councils faced a choice between a new school and accepting alternative funding for SEND expansion Ruth Lucas 4d Ruth Lucas 4d Pay and conditions Support staff turnover hits record high as experts call for action Report recommends government action to help schools recruit staff, including through more training and higher pay Lydia Chantler-Hicks 4d Lydia Chantler-Hicks 4d Inclusion David Bell to lead independent review on antisemitism in schools School leaders have welcomed any support in tackling the issue Samantha Booth 5d Samantha Booth 5d 1 2 3 4 5 6 1,027 Older