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Key stage 3 has been neglected in the drive for improvement – but now the government has launched an initiative to make it a more meaningful phase of education, write the co-chairs of the scheme

The Key Stage 3 Alliance will form part of the government’s universal RISE school improvement offer, education secretary tells ASCL annual conference

The government’s SEND plans involve thousands of pupils being taught in new ‘inclusion bases’ - but many school sites don’t have space to create them, say leaders

‘Serious questions’ asked after the Department for Education’s spending on marketing approaches £50 million a year – up 43 per cent since 2022-23

Pepe Di’Iasio also tells ministers that SEND reforms will need more investment to succeed

SEND reform plans are needed by June – and government will withdraw services from failing authorities, local officers have been warned

Labour’s plans for SEND and inclusion give us hope, says Vic Goddard, but now the question is how committed the government is to making them work

Defeated amendment to the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill was supported by the House of Lords and teaching unions

Leaders say the government’s claim that schools can afford teacher pay rises ignores their growing costs, including the prospect of energy price hikes due to the Middle East conflict

Education Endowment Foundation says the introduction of digital assessment must not have a ‘detrimental impact’ on disadvantaged students, in its response to Ofqual consultation

Treasury has committed to ensuring that every primary school has a library by 2029, but these facilities could include former ‘storage spaces’, Tes can reveal

Flagship fund to improve inclusion in mainstream schools ‘won’t go very far at all’, and a clear national strategy is needed on how to use it, government is told