However, there are “gaps in the data that the government will need to address”. Managed moves are not recorded nationally and ...

Ministers have been urged to clarify how special schools will be funded under their white paper reforms. The document pledged ...

The SEND reforms consultation paper said conditions would be placed on the inclusion funding to ensure it is spent on an ...

“Currently, if a confidence interval includes zero (the national average for progress), then a school or college is labelled ...

It is a change in what we mean by the word “standards” in the first place. Not standards that work when pupils arrive ready ...

VAT on school fees, the end of charitable business rates relief, a big hike in national insurance contributions, falling ...

Any weakening of those safeguards risks leaving parents without meaningful recourse when provision fails. If government truly ...

Lydia Michaelson-Yeates, of law firm Browne Jacobson, stated the “big challenge for government is how fast and easily” it can ...

Overall, this white paper sets out significant ambitions and provides a potential roadmap toward a system that works for all.

Ministers will for the first time cap the fees independent special schools can charge councils for provision, with the ...

Interesting fact: Sue spent 14 years as a teacher, including three years at the British School, Athens, and six years as ...

Academy chiefs have railed against new MAT league tables for failing to “reflect the progress students make in non-selective ...