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Net Capacity Assessment pilot found ‘discrepancies’ in school capacity numbers provided by local authorities and those found by government property assessors

Government could take ‘radical step’ of replacing the current system, which has seen special schools paid £10,000 per place since 2013, leaders are told

DfE data shows a rise in overall absence and pupils persistently absent last term compared with spring 2022-23

Sendcos feel isolated and face high workloads, warns a new report on SEND provision within multi-academy trusts

Watchdog calls on government to urgently update RE teaching guidance and warns ‘significant’ number of schools are not meeting statutory duty

More than 30,000 students in one year group had experienced an ‘unexplained’ transfer between secondary schools, research shows