Schools white paper

Private special school fees capped in ‘profit before children’ crackdown

Plan for price bands and national standards follows award-winning exposure by Schools Week of soaring private sector spend

Samantha Booth
Freddie Whittaker and Samantha Booth
Inclusion

Special schools recruit fewer teachers from training – report

Special schools 'rely' on teachers developing experience with SEND pupils in mainstream settings

Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Lydia Chantler-Hicks
News

Special school leaders fear QTS plan could worsen recruitment crisis

Special schools have more unqualified teachers - so how will the schools bill affect them? We spoke to leaders...

Rosa Furneaux
Rosa Furneaux
Features

Phoenix flying in to launch SEND classrooms

Could a trial in a London borough that supports special schools to set up provision in mainstream schools provide...

Jessica Hill
Jessica Hill
Inclusion

Revealed: The trusts to run 30 new special free schools

However three other promised schools are yet to have a trust appointed after none was found

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Inclusion

Two-thirds of special schools full or over capacity, new data shows

New data published after Schools Week investigations into bursting special school classrooms

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Schools

Damning probe reveals full scale of failures at scandal special school

'Unclear' why Ofsted waited to inspect Harlow Academy after 20 reports of safeguarding failures, review found

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Inclusion

Soaring food costs leave special schools with hole in budgets

Unlike mainstream schools, schools for children with special needs do not receive specific funding for some free meals

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Schools

‘Disturbing neglect’ as severely disabled children left to go hungry

Investigation reveals harrowing details of special school closed after damning Ofsted inspection

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth