Schools Diversity and flexibility push in DfE’s 6,500 teachers plan Ministers have finally revealed details of how they plan to grow the teaching workforce by 6,500 Lydia Chantler-Hicks 2h Lydia Chantler-Hicks 2h Schools white paper DfE eyes private special school veto Phillipson set to have powers to stop independent special schools opening or expanding where there’s ‘limited evidence of demand’ Samantha Booth 2h Samantha Booth 2h News Special school leaders call for clarity on future funding Plans for national bandings on specialist provision packages ‘deeply concerning’ Ruth Lucas 3d Ruth Lucas 3d Behaviour Off-rolling curbs welcomed, but warnings over ‘gaps in data’ Ministers plan to tighten up scrutiny of pupil moves – and to interrogate leaders suspected of off-rolling Jack Dyson 3d Jack Dyson 3d Schools white paper Long read Will reforms fix the SEND funding crisis? Councils may face a rise in requests for EHCPs to secure special school places ahead of the reforms Chaminda Jayanetti 3d Chaminda Jayanetti 3d Schools white paper Retention payments for headteachers ‘won’t address why they are quitting’ Union leaders ‘unconvinced’ annual payments to keep heads in under-served areas are answer to staffing crisis Lydia Chantler-Hicks 3d Lydia Chantler-Hicks 3d Schools white paper Minister’s rallying cry for expert SEND staff to return Georgia Gould pledged staff like educational psychologists will be in classrooms under new ‘experts at hand’ service Samantha Booth 3d Samantha Booth 3d Schools white paper Schools in ‘eye of the storm’ of SEND complaints Schools will have a legal duty to create digital individual support plans for all children with additional needs Samantha Booth 3d Samantha Booth 3d News Private schools ‘left in the dark’ over potential academy conversion Just 27 private schools have become state-funded in a decade Ruth Lucas 3d Ruth Lucas 3d Schools white paper Clarity sought as trust growth funding ‘absent’ from white paper Ministers want all schools in trusts, but cut funding for expanding trusts last year Jack Dyson 4d Jack Dyson 4d Schools white paper Exclusive Kevan Collins to be Phillipson’s SEND delivery adviser Collins, already a senior DfE figure, will focus on white paper roll-out and reviewing how DfE ‘engages with councils’ Samantha Booth 5d Samantha Booth 5d Assessment DfE wants to ditch ‘average’ labels for school progress scores The current ‘confidence interval’ ratings can limit understanding of a school’s performance, the government has said Freddie Whittaker 6d Freddie Whittaker 6d 1 2 3 4 5 6 1,026 Older
