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 14h Samantha Booth 14h 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 1d Freddie Whittaker 1d 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 2d Lydia Chantler-Hicks and Jack Dyson 2d 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 2d Ruth Lucas 2d Schools white paper Schools white paper: The key SEND reform policies DfE documents finally flesh out proposed ‘layered’ approach Samantha Booth 2d Samantha Booth and Freddie Whittaker 2d 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 3d Freddie Whittaker 3d 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 4d Freddie Whittaker 4d 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 6d Freddie Whittaker and Samantha Booth 6d 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 6d Freddie Whittaker 6d 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 6d Samantha Booth 6d 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 Schools ‘Highly valued’ music hubs face funding and staffing challenges A report has evaluated the first year of new-style music hubs, following a major restructure Lydia Chantler-Hicks 1w Lydia Chantler-Hicks 1w 1 2 3 4 5 6 1,025 Older
