SEND Exclusive SEND safety valve ‘success story’ racks up £4.5m deficit A council cited by top government official as mostly clearing its high needs deficit has now fallen back into… Samantha Booth 4h Samantha Booth 4h Admissions School’s intake cut blocked despite £2m deficit fear Watchdog rejects plan despite admitting the change could help the academy ‘attract more students’ Jack Dyson 4h Jack Dyson 4h Behaviour Exclusive Schools to face legal duty to record seclusion use New legislation would mean schools must record their use of non-disciplinary isolation and report it to parents Freddie Whittaker 1d Freddie Whittaker 1d Academies Exclusive Ormiston trust gives up founding school The academy chain plans to hand the school over to a trust ‘with strong local presence and capacity’ Jack Dyson 2d Jack Dyson 2d early years Exclusive Ministers urge primaries to consider childminders on site Schools without space for full nursery told to consider teaming up with childminder to provide early years provision Freddie Whittaker 2d Freddie Whittaker 2d News Sara Sharif: Home education check was made at wrong address the day before her murder Review finds there ‘can now be no doubt that Sara’s father and stepmother used home education to keep Sara… Ruth Lucas 3d Ruth Lucas 3d Exams New British Sign Language GCSE rules confirmed, but will exam boards offer it? Charities welcome ‘landmark’ step in establishing British Sign Language GCSE, but next step rests with exam boards Lydia Chantler-Hicks 3d Lydia Chantler-Hicks 3d Schools Exclusive £5.4m scheme to boost maths skills in early years settings DfE seeking organisation to deliver programme ‘to at least 5,000 settings’ Lydia Chantler-Hicks 3d Lydia Chantler-Hicks 3d MIS Exclusive DfE looks to reduce MIS ‘legal risk’ amid £200m turf war Officials have launched a consultation on how they can simplify the process of buying the software Jack Dyson 3d Jack Dyson 3d Home education Exclusive Home education: Children forced to travel miles to sit exams Analysis shows at least 10 centres have closed to private candidates in the past year Ruth Lucas 3d Ruth Lucas 3d Ofsted Exclusive Ofsted slammed over consultation analysis method (and still keeps it secret) Experts warn of ‘risk’ decision-makers at inspectorate were not ‘provided with the relevant information’ Lydia Chantler-Hicks 3d Lydia Chantler-Hicks 3d Pensions Exclusive Thousands of retired teachers die before pensions row settled New data reveals the scale of the backlog in remedy cases facing the Teachers’ Pension Scheme’s embattled administrators Capita Freddie Whittaker 3d Bill Curtis and Freddie Whittaker 3d 1 2 3 4 5 6 1,009 Older
