News Some schools ‘actively discourage’ SEN support pupils, research warns Top performing schools are found to take less pupils with SEND and eligible for free school meals Ruth Lucas 1h Ruth Lucas 1h Schools More pupils report conspiracy theories and misinfo in school And four in five teachers report having had a pupil bring up a conspiracy theory with them Freddie Whittaker 1h Freddie Whittaker 1h Academies Exclusive David Ross trust braced for redundancies amid falling rolls Cuts loom at 36-school MAT after central team review failed to address funding reductions Jack Dyson 9h Jack Dyson 9h School funding More strikes ‘inevitable’ as trusts axe jobs to stay afloat Dozens of schools rocked by strike announcements over planned restructures dubbed ‘neither fair nor sustainable’ Jack Dyson 20h Jack Dyson 20h School funding ‘We’re not magicians’: Sixth forms’ fury over cash squeeze Leaders say funding gap could threaten their ability to offer a broad range of subjects and hold down class… Esmé Kenney 20h Esmé Kenney 20h Early years Revealed: 331 more school nurseries, but councils to take over programme From May, ‘councils, rather than schools’ will be invited to propose plans for new places Freddie Whittaker 1d Freddie Whittaker 1d Curriculum Ministers to explore developing ‘more formative assessments’ for oracy Schools minister believes oracy is ‘as foundational as numeracy, literacy and writing’, and that is not just ‘an add… Esmé Kenney 3d Esmé Kenney 3d Pay and conditions Exclusive Not Tata yet – pension scheme handover delayed again IT giant now due to take on the contract from Capita this October – a year later than planned Lydia Chantler-Hicks 3d Lydia Chantler-Hicks 3d Politics Journalists shut out of events with ministers and officials Reporters are being banned from conferences where key public servants will speak Samantha Booth 3d Samantha Booth 3d Politics NEU: Teachers’ shift to Greens a ‘wake-up call’ to Labour Daniel Kebede also warns Reform UK would ‘make education a real hostile place for children who are LGBT, black,… Lydia Chantler-Hicks 4d Lydia Chantler-Hicks 4d Inclusion ‘Real concerns’ health service missing in SEND reforms The white paper thrusts schools into the driving seat of government’s reforms, prompting questions on whether health services will… Samantha Booth 4d Samantha Booth 4d Academies Exclusive 109 schools leaves United Learning ‘spread thin’, says former academies minister England’s biggest trust this week unveiled proposals to merge with south west chain Authentic Education Jack Dyson 4d Jack Dyson 4d 1 2 3 4 5 6 1,031 Older
