News Attendance gap for poorer pupils reaches all-time high Overall absence and persistent absence rates see improvements, but severe absence remains stubborn Ruth Lucas 8h Ruth Lucas 8h Schools Third of parents say they take children on term-time holidays New Public First report also reveals regional divides in attitudes to absence and behaviour Lydia Chantler-Hicks 16h Lydia Chantler-Hicks 16h Inclusion DfE inclusion tsar to lead SEND expert panel Academy trust boss Tom Rees will co-chair a panel to create inclusion standards and new SEND ‘packages’ Ruth Lucas 1d Ruth Lucas 1d Inclusion New ‘inclusion strategies’: What schools need to know DfE fleshes out requirements for annual strategies that will attract £400m a year in funding Ruth Lucas 1d Ruth Lucas 1d Inclusion 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 3d Ruth Lucas 3d 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 3d Freddie Whittaker 3d 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 3d Jack Dyson 3d 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 4d Jack Dyson 4d 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 4d Esmé Kenney 4d 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 4d Freddie Whittaker 4d 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 6d Esmé Kenney 6d 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 6d Lydia Chantler-Hicks 6d 1 2 3 4 5 6 1,031 Older
