6 key school findings from biggest annual parent survey Worrying findings on school absences, home education and children feeling unsafe at school
SEND: Backlash and legal threats as inclusion push turns sour Schools asked to ‘make the case’ for funding and sign up to inclusion charters as councils try to boost inclusion
DfE scraps 拢1.6m key stage 1 SATs paper opt-out scheme Unions say ‘common sense has prevailed’ after an estimated 拢1.6m was spent last year on optional papers
拢700m spent on DfE’s hubs, but to what effect? Around 1 in 25 schools nationally have offered support at some point as part of a hub
Revealed: The full scale of Labour鈥檚 SEND challenge Just 59% of mainstream school parents report that their child with additional needs is well-supported
Shadow minister: ‘We should hang our heads in shame’ over SEND Gagan Mohindra apologises at the Conservative Party conference, saying his party ‘didn’t do enough’ on SEND
Just 1 in 6 schools to offer tutoring after NTP, research suggests Tutoring ‘heavily reliant’ on the availability of ring fenced funding, NFER research found
Council crackdown after school spa day gifts An internal audit found ‘irregularities involving inappropriate use of school funds’
SEND pupils now allowed to listen to music during exams Schools will also be able to use mental health support service referral letters to apply for extra support