SEND

Ministers withhold £18m from five ‘safety valve’ councils

LAs' SEND bailout agreements 'subject to review', as more councils agree deals totalling £230m

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
SEND

Two-thirds of special schools full or over capacity, new data shows

New data published after Schools Week investigations into bursting special school classrooms

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
SEND

Ministers reject council’s 15-year safety valve plan

Council chief said they 'acted with integrity' over controversial SEND deal

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
SEND

Revealed: Councils slice £67m from school budgets to prop up SEND deficits

Four-fold increase in the school funding councils have shifted to fill high needs budget blackholes

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Behaviour

GCSEs: Suspended pupils 12 months behind peers, research finds

Think tank's research puts 'a number on the suspension grades gap for the first time'

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Oak National Academy

Oak looking at quality standards for external curriculum resources

The government's curriculum quango is exploring 'thresholds' providers would have to meet for it to signpost their resources

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Exams

Cyber attack: Exam boards told to introduce new security measures

Ofqual chief Sir Ian Bauckham said regulator will undertake 'rigorous' checks on exam board plans to move tests on-screen

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
SEND

Council faces legal action over controversial safety valve deal

Parents call for 'transparency' on high needs bail outs

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Tutoring

Tutoring: Another £1m saved as mentor scheme axed early

Demand has dropped for mentors with only a fifth of the target reached last year

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth