Unions Long read From the frontline: Heads reveal poverty, abuse and funding woes Headteachers share their big talking points at the annual NAHT school leaders’ conference Samantha Booth 4h Samantha Booth 4h Faith schools Catholic school caught up in row over abolition of 50% cap Education secretary criticised for launching faith reforms at school with fewer pupils on free school meals Freddie Whittaker 21h Freddie Whittaker 21h Alternative provision Exclusive Alternative provision: Let disrupted pupils repeat year 11, says de Souza DfE should also fund ‘graduated stepdown programme of support for all year 11 leavers’ Freddie Whittaker 1d Freddie Whittaker 1d Ofsted Investigation Ofsted grades keep getting better after Oliver takes helm Watchdog puts findings down to continued ‘upward trend in inspection outcomes over the last few years’ Lucas Cumiskey 1d Lucas Cumiskey 1d Recruitment and retention Exclusive Trust plans for accountancy-style career path for teaching assistants Route would be targeted at support staff who don’t already hold a degree Lucas Cumiskey 1d Lucas Cumiskey 1d Sure Start 4 policies to put ‘schools at heart’ of Sure Start 2.0 How schools meet ‘holistic needs’ of pupils should have equal focus from Ofsted as results, new report says Schools Week Reporter 1d Schools Week Reporter 1d Pupil data Exclusive Revealed: Secret deal to let benefit fraud squad snoop on pupil data Leaders warn the move may lead to parents ‘withdrawing their children from schools’ Freddie Whittaker 1d Freddie Whittaker 1d SEND SEND: DfE ‘looking into’ how many schools are not inclusive Children’s minister David Johnston reveals he is probing why some schools have far fewer pupils with EHCPs Samantha Booth 2d Samantha Booth 2d Alternative provision Unregistered AP clampdown: Everything you need to know Time limits on placements, new national standards and a council-run quality-assurance process proposed by the DfE Freddie Whittaker 2d Freddie Whittaker 2d Alternative provision DfE plans ‘national standards’ for unregistered AP Ministers say unregistered provision should be ‘an intervention, not a destination’ Freddie Whittaker 2d Freddie Whittaker 2d SEND Revealed: Locations of 16 new special schools and trusts to run 7 more It follows the announcement of £105m capital cash at the spring budget Freddie Whittaker 2d Freddie Whittaker 2d SEND SEND: Some safety valve councils have ‘removed’ deficits – DfE boss Permanent secretary says government is ‘seeing some really good progress from councils’ Freddie Whittaker 3d Freddie Whittaker 3d 1 2 3 4 5 6 896 Older
