Funding and SEND top challenges for governors, report finds 6 key findings from the National Governance Association’s annual survey
SEND moved into schools minister McKinnell’s brief Move to align special needs with schools responsibilities comes after education secretary said she’s ‘gripping the issue’
Council begs for bailout as soaring SEND deficit threatens solvency Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole’s £92m SEND deficit will dwarf its reserves next year, prompting fears it will ‘run out of cash’
Labour faces pressure to ditch Tory RSHE reforms More than 100 organisations warn draft RSHE guidance ‘falls short of what is required to help keep children safe, healthy and prepared for modern life’
SEND crisis must be ‘first order issue’ for new government Labour has inherited a system on its knees with councils facing bankruptcy, parents forced into court and schools crying out for resources
Sir Kevan Collins joins the DfE board Former EEF boss and catch up tsar will advise Phillipson on raising school standards
Catherine McKinnell: 9 facts about the new schools minister Roles have not been officially confirmed, but one of McKinnell’s colleagues has said she will cover schools brief
Stephen Morgan and Janet Daby join DfE ministerial team They join Bridget Phillipson, Catherine McKinnell and Jacqui Smith at the department
Damian Hinds named shadow education secretary Former schools minister and education secretary will shadow Bridget Phillipson’s new DfE team