Schools white paper

White paper: A welcome return to long-term policy making

It may be unglamorous, but ministers' return to a long-term focus on systems and structures is the right thing...

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Jon Coles
Opinion: SEND

SEND review: Why SENCOs must engage in the consultation

The green paper recognises the value of SENCOs, but the proposals will need all our voices to shape them...

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Dr Jess Mahdavi-Gladwell
SEND review

SEND review: Reforms must now follow quickly 

These long-overdue proposals are encouraging, writes Sam Parrett. Their implementation must be thorough and much faster than it’s taken...

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Dr Sam Parrett
Schools white paper

Why the parent pledge is much more than a gimmick

Many – even most – schools may already be doing it, but that takes nothing away from the government’s...

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Jonathan Simons
The Knowledge

Research: What does inclusion mean to those who experience it?

Decision makers at all levels should be mindful that there are two competing and complimentary definitions of inclusion, writes...

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Anthony Maher
Schools white paper

White paper: Lack of flexibility could set councils back

Many of the white paper's proposals mirror what we already do, write Kindy Sandhu and Kirston Nelson, but needless...

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Kindy Sandhu and Kirston Nelson
Schools white paper

White paper: A new era for local authorities and collaboration?

The ambitions for local authorities and a more collaborative system are a bold vision but many obstacles must be...

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Seamus Murphy
Schools white paper

White paper: All rhetoric and no solutions

All the ambitious vocabulary in the world couldn't hide this document's failure to grasp the real problems facing schools,...

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Mary Bousted
Schools white paper

The week that will shape Nadhim Zahawi’s legacy

This week's DfE publications will shape how the education secretary is remembered, writes Yvonne Williams, so let's hope he's...

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Yvonne Williams