Assessment

A-level results 2022: Top grades drop 19% but remain higher than 2019

As planned, proportion of A* and A grades falls after bumper year in 2021, but pupils fare much better...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Inclusion

‘Tragically ironic’: Accessible SEND review still missing SIX weeks on

Vulnerable groups the green paper aims to support are ‘excluded’

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Inclusion

SEND review: New course to give SENCOs seat at top table

DfE says existing qualification has 'variability' and might not provide 'knowledge and skills' needed

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Inclusion

SEND review: Tiered support package for alternative provision

Green paper proposes three-tier system focused on early intervention in mainstream schools

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Inclusion

SEND review: Ministers take control to end ‘postcode lottery’

Green paper outlines vision of a 'single national SEND and alternative provision system'

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Inclusion

SEND review: ‘Inclusive’ schools key to system shake-up

Green paper sets out ambition to improve a system it says is failing vulnerable children and their parents

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Inclusion

SEND review won’t repeat ‘mistakes of the past’ – Zahawi

Education secretary says system is failing and reform is 'long overdue'

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Inclusion

SEND review: The proposed reforms to alternative provision

Changes to the way AP is funded and used by schools have been put forward by the government

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Politics

Council-run academy trusts get the green light in schools white paper

DfE also to set out new maths and English target for secondary schools

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker