Politics

SEND and the far-right on the NEU conference agenda

Around 1,500 NEU members will gather in Brighton from Monday to Thursday

Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Inclusion

We ARE consulting on SEND appeals, insists DfE

Lawyers ask for an 'urgent explanation' after conflicting messages on SEND tribunal

Ruth Lucas
Ruth Lucas
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
Lydia Chantler-Hicks
The Conspiracy Commission

Our crisis of truth is overflowing in the classroom

Parents feel unprepared. Teachers feel unequipped. Young people feel overwhelmed

Freddie Whittaker
Amy Braier
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
Freddie Whittaker
Academies

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
Jack Dyson
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
Freddie Whittaker
Movers and Shakers

More DfE change as new regional director revealed

Nigel Minns's arrival in the department makes it four changes to regional groups within the last year

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
School buildings

LocatED chief to depart as DfE prepares to absorb property firm

CEO announces she will take on 'new challenge' when the government-backed company moves into the department

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson