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Parents ‘losing confidence in mainstream schools’ ability to educate children with SEND’, warns senior local government figure

But heads say problem is a ‘totally insufficient’ level of funding to support pupils with special educational needs and disabilities

Groups of schools with low Progress 8 scores – often in white working-class areas – are being ‘lost in statistics’, research suggests

Weak financial ‘control’ in more than 60 academy trusts also shown in analysis of accounts by DfE agency

Exclusive: Full list of academy trusts that missed official deadline for filing latest financial statements, despite ‘firmer stance’ taken by DfE

Public Health England confirms ‘general’ advice is to stay open as more schools announce they are affected by Covid-19