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 1h Jack Dyson 1h 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 2d Samantha Booth 2d 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 2d Freddie Whittaker 2d Schools white paper Schools white paper: The key schools policies Fair banding transparency, a crackdown on off-rolling and calls for all schools to be in trusts set out in… Lydia Chantler-Hicks 3d Lydia Chantler-Hicks and Jack Dyson 3d Schools white paper Schools white paper: What is happening to EHCPs under SEND reforms? DfE expects to move 1 in 8 pupils from EHCPs to new individual support plans by 2035 Ruth Lucas 3d Ruth Lucas 3d Schools white paper Schools white paper: The key SEND reform policies DfE documents finally flesh out proposed ‘layered’ approach Samantha Booth 3d Samantha Booth and Freddie Whittaker 3d Schools white paper White paper: £1.6bn for mainstream inclusion, £1.8bn for external support But funding has to last three years and it’s unclear what will happen once it runs out Freddie Whittaker 4d Freddie Whittaker 4d Schools white paper New headteachers to get £15k to work where they’re ‘needed most’ Government will also ‘ensure all schools join high-quality trusts’ and let councils set up chains Freddie Whittaker 5d Freddie Whittaker 5d Schools white paper Private special school fees capped in ‘profit before children’ crackdown Plan for price bands and national standards follows award-winning exposure by Schools Week of soaring private sector spend Samantha Booth 7d Freddie Whittaker and Samantha Booth 7d Schools white paper DfE pledges eight weeks full maternity pay for school staff Change due to be enacted from 2027 for leaders and teachers, and new support staff body will get remit… Freddie Whittaker 7d Freddie Whittaker 7d News Movers and shakers: DfE, Camden Learning, CCT, Skills Builder UK This week’s movers and shakers include an American football referee and a collector of rare 1980s vintage fragrances Samantha Booth 1w Samantha Booth 1w Movers and Shakers Julie McCulloch to join EPI as new chief executive ASCL policy chief ‘hugely privileged’ to take over as leader of think tank Lydia Chantler-Hicks 1w Lydia Chantler-Hicks 1w 1 2 3 4 5 6 1,025 Older