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Explained: Schools ‘at the heart of SEND reforms’, says adviser

Dame Christine Lenehan says reforms look at ‘changing nature’ between...
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Explained: Suspensions tumble as trust embraces ‘emotional intelligence’

Influential turnaround trust criticised for high suspensions bidding to cut...
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Explained: Social mobility can be harmful if it means ditching your roots

Schools need to replace deficit-based narratives with approaches that celebrate...
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Explained: RISE consultation pushed back to this term

Government to begin ‘informal engagement’ over schools with low attainment
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Explained: DfE wants to scrape real-time MIS data from schools

Department calls for tech companies to take part in trials...
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Explained: Extra SEND cash coming, says DfE, as councils’ woes deepen

Minister says white paper will bring ‘additional’ funding as town...
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Explained: New £200m scheme ‘will offer SEND training to all teaching staff’

A ‘comprehensive’ new package of training is hoped to ‘upskill...
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Explained: Ofsted inspects school that postponed MP’s visit

Inspection ‘necessary due to potential concerns’, says watchdog
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Explained: Mental health and school dissatisfaction driving more children into home education

Heads’ leader says it’s ‘vital to ensure that families have...
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Explained: Trust CEO, ex-civil servant and safeguarding expert join Ofsted board

Lucy Heller, Hardip Begol and Alan Wood among five new...
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Explained: The school business leader role has evolved, but do policymakers know?

Today’s practitioners lead across finance, estates, people, digital systems, governance...
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Explained: Photographers removed from GCSE assessment over website images

AQA deletes photographers’ names from exam after images ‘not appropriate...
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Explained: Ofqual boss ‘signals anxiety’ to DfE about AI in A-level coursework

Sir Ian Bauckham was questioned by MPs this morning on...
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Explained: Given the choice, do we want SEND segregation in education?

If we accept specialist facilities should exist primarily to support...
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Explained: Baroness Barran, shadow education minister

A few days after she was appointed as academies minister...
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