SEND

Schools lack resources to keep pupils with SEND – Ofsted

Report reveals inconsistent support for pupils with SEND who are out of school and at risk of leaving

Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Exams

Ofqual: On-screen exams could be introduced by 2030

Ofqual says exam boards can submit proposals for two on-screen specifications for lower entry subjects

Ruth Lucas
Ruth Lucas
News

Russell Hobby to become Labour peer – but will remain as trust CEO

Former NAHT and Teach First leader plans to continue to lead TKAT while serving in House of Lords

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Academies

Success of top academy achieved ‘at too high a cost for some pupils’

Review details ‘isolating, shaming’ practices at Mossbourne Victoria Park Academy

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
SEND

Six things MPs heard about school transport this week

Committee discusses how to get a handle on rising costs, as home-to-school transport bill reaches £2.3bn

Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Schools

Income data to replace free school meals as trigger for disadvantage funding

Government ‘will design new model’ for allocating the pupil premium and other disadvantage cash

Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Lydia Chantler-Hicks


Pupil data

DfE dodges data transparency as it plans new pupil register

Department has never released the full report of a damning ICO audit that found it broke the law over…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Free school meals

London mayor still weighing up the cost of a free lunch

City Hall yet to work out what it will save on its own scheme from the government’s expansion of…

Ruth Lucas
Ruth Lucas
Behaviour

DfE reveals how new behaviour and attendance hubs will work

Details shared for ‘regional’ and ‘enhanced’ support pathways as part of newly merged hubs

Ruth Lucas
Ruth Lucas
Funding

Revealed: The council schools with million pound budget deficits

Some maintained schools’ deficits dwarf those of multi academy trusts, and even face interest payments. Inside the hidden world…

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
News

AP settings ‘do not know their pupils well’, warns children’s commissioner

Report finds one third of alternative provision schools can only estimate the number of pupils on their rolls

Ruth Lucas
Ruth Lucas
News

Hard maths for ministers as pupil numbers set to fall 6%

Close schools or raise funding – the choice lies with government, says IFS

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker