SEND Six things MPs heard about school transport this week Committee discusses how to get a handle on rising costs, as home-to-school transport bill reaches £2.3bn Lydia Chantler-Hicks 33mins Lydia Chantler-Hicks 33mins Schools Exclusive Income data to replace free school meals as trigger for disadvantage funding Government ‘will design new model’ for allocating the pupil premium and other disadvantage cash Lydia Chantler-Hicks 23h Lydia Chantler-Hicks 23h Pupil data Exclusive DfE dodges data transparency as it plans new pupil register Department has never released the full report of a damning ICO audit that found it broke the law over… Freddie Whittaker 1d Freddie Whittaker 1d Free school meals Exclusive London mayor still weighing up the cost of a free lunch City Hall yet to work out what it will save on its own scheme from the government’s expansion of… Ruth Lucas 3d Ruth Lucas 3d Behaviour DfE reveals how new behaviour and attendance hubs will work Details shared for ‘regional’ and ‘enhanced’ support pathways as part of newly merged hubs Ruth Lucas 4d Ruth Lucas 4d Funding Exclusive Revealed: The council schools with million pound budget deficits Some maintained schools’ deficits dwarf those of multi academy trusts, and even face interest payments. Inside the hidden world… Jack Dyson 4d Jack Dyson 4d News AP settings ‘do not know their pupils well’, warns children’s commissioner Report finds one third of alternative provision schools can only estimate the number of pupils on their rolls Ruth Lucas 5d Ruth Lucas 5d News Hard maths for ministers as pupil numbers set to fall 6% Close schools or raise funding – the choice lies with government, says IFS Freddie Whittaker 5d Freddie Whittaker 5d Child poverty Councils to notify schools of homeless pupils under new duty Child poverty strategy aims for a ‘more joined up approach’ to support pupils in temporary accommodation Ruth Lucas 5d Ruth Lucas 5d SEND Ministers’ SEND listening campaign ‘futile’, say parents But schools minister seeks to reassure parents of a ‘real dialogue’ Samantha Booth 5d Samantha Booth 5d SEND PINS: Half of schools did not get full neurodiversity support Evaluators highlighted implementation challenges with the £22m programme’s first year in 1,669 schools Samantha Booth 5d Samantha Booth 5d News Schools ‘expected’ to use new capped supply agency deal DfE launches ‘maximising value for pupils’ programme aimed at helping schools find savings Lydia Chantler-Hicks 5d Lydia Chantler-Hicks 5d 1 2 3 4 5 6 1,014 Older
