SEND New research to scope out ‘bridging gap’ in SEND teacher training Survey shows two-thirds of ITT providers feel trainee teachers not adequately prepared Lydia Chantler-Hicks 2h Lydia Chantler-Hicks 2h Movers and Shakers EPI chief executive Natalie Perera to leave think tank for AQA role Former government adviser to take up chief external affairs and communications officer role for England’s largest exam board Jack Dyson 3h Jack Dyson 3h Attendance Exclusive ‘Embarrassing’: AI attendance reports suspended days after launch Leaders report inaccuracies in new attendance target scheme launched last week by government Jack Dyson 7h Jack Dyson 7h Curriculum review Progress 8: A third of pupils’ GCSE entries don’t fit reformed measure Changes will make ‘little difference’ to scores but likely to affect qualification entries, finds Datalab analysis Freddie Whittaker 8h Freddie Whittaker 8h 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 13h Samantha Booth 13h 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 13h Jack Dyson 13h 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 2d Freddie Whittaker 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 3d Freddie Whittaker 3d 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 3d Jack Dyson 3d 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 1 2 3 4 5 6 1,009 Older