Freddie Whittaker | Schools Week Education News, Policy & School Leadership Insight Wed, 15 Apr 2026 21:15:43 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 /wp-content/uploads/2019/09/SW-dot-logo-54x54.png Freddie Whittaker | Schools Week 32 32 The white paper’s inclusion promise rests on a workforce the DfE can’t count /the-white-papers-inclusion-promise-rests-on-a-workforce-the-dfe-cant-count/ /the-white-papers-inclusion-promise-rests-on-a-workforce-the-dfe-cant-count/#respond Thu, 16 Apr 2026 04:00:30 +0000 /?p=244835

Educational psychologists are already stretched thin, unevenly distributed and partly invisible to government

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Educational psychologist shortage puts SEND reforms ‘at risk’ /educational-psychologist-shortage-puts-send-reforms-at-risk/ /educational-psychologist-shortage-puts-send-reforms-at-risk/#respond Thu, 16 Apr 2026 04:00:57 +0000 /?p=244826

Pupils in some areas are 20 times less likely to get support from an educational psychologist, EPI research suggests

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‘Experts at hand’ cash must not plug ‘existing gaps’, councils told /send-experts-at-hand-cash-must-not-plug-existing-gaps-councils-told/ /send-experts-at-hand-cash-must-not-plug-existing-gaps-councils-told/#respond Wed, 15 Apr 2026 11:33:22 +0000 /?p=244806

£1.8bn fund for external support must not be 'disproportionately accessed by the most proactive schools', warns DfE guidance

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