Movers and Shakers Movers and Shakers: WomenEd, Birmingham council, Transforming Lives, Wolf Inclusion, E-ACT, Sparx This week’s movers and shakers include a former chicken-catcher, skydiver, competitive swimmer and award-winning cadet Freddie Whittaker 8h Freddie Whittaker 8h SEND Exclusive Ex-DfE civil servant takes up role at SEND contract firm Consultancy held contract for ‘delivering better value’ SEND programme which aimed to cut new EHCPs Ruth Lucas 1d Ruth Lucas 1d School improvement Exclusive The pitfalls of RISE teams’ new ‘low attainer’ push Analysis suggests hundreds of schools could be in line for the targeted help, with most among the most deprived… Jack Dyson 2d Jack Dyson 2d News Ofsted’s changes fail to quell school inclusion concerns Ofsted has said ‘inclusion’ will be a key focus of its new framework, but leaders are worried Lydia Chantler-Hicks 3d Lydia Chantler-Hicks 3d Ofsted Ofsted relies on parents’ views as it ‘forces through’ inspection changes Inspectorate withholds analysis of consultation responses, but publishes parent polling Lydia Chantler-Hicks 3d Lydia Chantler-Hicks 3d Ofsted Exclusive Ofsted keeps report cards support (or lack of) secret Unions blast the watchdog after it only provides a narrative summary of responses to its consultation Lydia Chantler-Hicks 3d Lydia Chantler-Hicks 3d Politics Exclusive McKinnell: ‘I got up every day and gave it everything’ The former schools minister speaks to Schools Week after a brutal reshuffle Freddie Whittaker 3d Freddie Whittaker 3d SEND Exclusive Now the armed forces flag SEND system failures MP says council delay in issuing an EHCP for a service child is causing ‘serious operational problems’ John Dickens 3d John Dickens 3d Politics Long read Reform on education: All headlines, no policy lines Sparkly suits, pyrotechnics and a war on pupil ‘indoctrination’: Reform’s party conference and what a Farage victory could mean… Lydia Chantler-Hicks 4d Lydia Chantler-Hicks 4d MIS Exclusive MIS outage leaves schools in the lurch Major supplier apologises as schools unable to pay suppliers and respond to safeguarding concerns Jack Dyson 4d Jack Dyson 4d News Pupils behind more than half of ‘insider’ school cyber attacks Schools should take steps to ‘remove temptation from students’, Information Commissioner’s Office says Ruth Lucas 4d Ruth Lucas 4d LocatED LocatED: DfE to absorb property firm and ‘unify’ teams Decision comes after government launched review of all arm’s length bodies Jack Dyson 4d Jack Dyson 4d 1 2 3 4 5 6 995 Older