SEND Budget bedlam: £20bn SEND black hole prompts DfE row with spending watchdog Former adviser says Treasury is ‘trying to force the pace’ of reforms Samantha Booth 54mins Samantha Booth 54mins Schools 6 encouraging findings from DfE’s workload survey Average weekly hours drop and wellbeing improves, though one-third still plan to leave within a year Lydia Chantler-Hicks 3h Lydia Chantler-Hicks 3h News Trust to pilot pupils’ ideas to solve KS3 engagement crisis Lift Schools aims to tackle ‘cliff edge’ drop of engagement as pupils reach secondary age Ruth Lucas 3h Ruth Lucas 3h News Ofqual calls for exam time scrutiny as revised access arrangements published Ofqual said ministers must “explicitly consider” whether pupils have enough time in reformed exams after data fiasco Ruth Lucas 5h Ruth Lucas 5h Schools EYFS: Rise in ‘school ready’ pupils – but government way off target More reception pupils achieve ‘good level of development’ this year, but improvement rate below what’s required to hit 75%… Samantha Booth 9h Samantha Booth 9h Budget 2025 Budget 2025: Everything schools need to know Absorbing costs of SEND provision to funding for secondary school books – Schools Week breaks down everything you need… Ruth Lucas 1d Ruth Lucas 1d SEND Budget 2025: Government faces £6bn SEND shortfall once override ends Spending watchdog warns ‘no savings have been identified’ to offset pressure on government coffers of end to council budgeting… Samantha Booth 1d Samantha Booth and Freddie Whittaker 1d Ofsted Ofsted pauses NPQ inspections for rest of the academic year NPQ inspections paused until 2026-27 while DfE reviews framework and Ofsted updates approach Lydia Chantler-Hicks 1d Lydia Chantler-Hicks 1d SEND Council facing £183m SEND deficit warns of ‘devastating consequences’ Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole council demands ‘urgent action’ ahead of budget – including using high needs cash to cover… Samantha Booth 2d Samantha Booth 2d News NAHT loses appeal against Ofsted judicial review refusal Union leader speaks of ‘disappointment’ as leaders report ‘massive’ demands of new inspections Freddie Whittaker 2d Freddie Whittaker 2d Movers and Shakers Church education chief to lead school admissions adjudicator The Reverend Nigel Genders will be the new chief schools adjudicator, the education secretary has announced Freddie Whittaker 2d Freddie Whittaker 2d News Call for local education partnerships to fill ‘policy vacuum’ left by trusts Local groups of schools are ‘providing the missing link’ in a ‘fragmented’ system, say ex-ed sec and Ofsted chair,… Freddie Whittaker 3d Freddie Whittaker 3d 1 2 3 4 5 6 1,012 Older
