A 鈥榲ibrant tutor market鈥�? Providers wind down as NTP closes Tutoring providers scale down as the flagship catch-up scheme closes
Natural history GCSE stalls after official 鈥榖lock鈥� The proposed GCSE is one of a number of curriculum commitments currently up in the air post-election
Pause in Ofsted SEND inspections 鈥榦pens accountability gap鈥� Suspending monitoring visits to councils with widespread failings ‘sets off alarm bells’
Primary school disadvantage gap narrows But the gap between disadvantaged pupils and their better-off peers remains above pre-pandemic levels
Phillipson faces first education questions from MPs SEND and private VAT plan dominate the schools agenda during Commons exchange
How exams survived one of their biggest tests The Covid exams debacle led to the usual images of youngsters jumping for joy replaced with children in tears. Despite the spectacular policy failure – exams have survived. Schools Week looks at why …
The special educational needs crisis goes mainstream The 2014 SEND reforms promised to put children and parents ‘at the heart of the system’. Ten years later, youngsters are waiting years for support. Parents are left fighting in court to gain help. How did it all go so wrong?
SEND: Two in five EHCP decisions took more than 6 months It comes as MPs warn ministers of desperate situations in their constituencies
Ofsted enlists charities’ help as it plans inclusion ‘criterion’ Leaders welcome focus on inclusion, but warn against creating ‘perverse incentives’ for schools