The wasted millions: Parents use life insurance and savings to fight for SEND support Councils say the system is under ‘extreme stress’
Collapsing mental health support pits parents against schools Some parents reported for ‘fabricating’ mental illness
Revealed: The rising costs for schools of educational psychologists Many councils that once provided services for free now charge, investigation finds
Thousands on waiting lists as trusts struggle to foot mental health bill Schools have increasingly sought to fund more support themselves
Councils cut primary school places as baby boom flattens Pupil numbers are expected to fall by around 300,000 over the next five years
Special investigation: How collapsing mental health services are failing children Four-month investigation reveals the devastating toll on families and schools
Special schools ‘bursting at seams’ – but DfE doesn’t collect the data Heads say the system is ‘completely overwhelmed’
‘Elite’ sixth forms have fewer poor students, study finds Ministers want more sixth forms that send pupils to top universities as part of ‘levelling-up’ agenda
Eight become nine as DfE shakes up RSC regions London to get new RSC and other areas redrawn to align regions with rest of government