Specialist Sector

Yesterday

20th Dec 2024

New inquiry will seek solutions to SEND crisis
MPs will look at inclusion in mainstream schools, funding and alternatives to the EHCP system ‘without reducing support’
Inquiry set up to find solutions to the SEND crisis

Friday

13th Dec 2024

Are special schools being left out of the mainstream inclusion push?
National efforts to make schools more inclusive risk ignoring the huge amount of expertise in the specialist sector, say headteachers
Inclusion push needs more special school input, leaders warn
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Thursday

5th Dec 2024

Heads’ legal challenge against special-school redesignation
Headteachers of special schools in Kent have asked lawyers to assess the case for a judicial review against council plans to change SEND provision at a group of schools
Special school heads instruct lawyers in battle to stop redesignation plans

Monday

25th Nov 2024

Government ignored teachers on SEND training, MPs told
Inclusive teaching for pupils with SEND should not just be an ‘add-on’ to training and development, warns union
Government ignored teachers on SEND training, MPs told

Tuesday

19th Nov 2024

SEND: Six key findings from DfE’s MPs session
DfE is to take ‘a fundamental look’ at the SEND system and it is working with the Treasury on a solution for council deficits
The DfE is ready to take a fundamental look at the SEND system, its top official has told MPs.

Thursday

14th Nov 2024

Ofsted’s new inspection toolkit will have a SEND focus
Watchdog says it wants to ensure its new inspection framework is ‘more suitable’ for inspection of SEND in mainstream, special and AP schools
Ofsted’s new inspection toolkit will have a SEND focus
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Wednesday

6th Nov 2024

Cognita announces first partnership with school in Greece
International schools group expands its presence in Europe, adding to its list of some 100 schools across 17 countries
Temple of Posidon

Thursday

24th Oct 2024

Tens of thousands of pupils ‘could have needs met without EHCP’
Schools minister highlights new report suggesting 35,000 more children with SEND could be taught in mainstream rather than specialist settings if system improves
Schools standards minister Catherine McKinnell has highlighted new findings which suggest tens of thousands of more pupils could be educated in mainstream settings and without EHC plans.

Tuesday

15th Oct 2024

EHCP cash ‘less than half’ of what’s needed, say 3 in 5 school staff
Tes SEND report 2024 highlights concerns about funding for education, health and care plans and the increasingly challenging task of meeting pupils’ needs
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Monday

7th Oct 2024

Work to support SEND students celebrated at Nasen Awards
Contributions from mainstream and special schools, alternative provision settings, teachers, support staff and students recognised at charity’s eighth annual ceremony
Winners of the nasen Awards 2024 have been announced.

Tuesday

1st Oct 2024

GEMS announces new chief education officer
Lisa Crausby joins the GEMS international schools group from a MAT in England, where her work led to being awarded an OBE
New GEMS Education CEO is group’s latest high-profile appointment

Monday

23rd Sep 2024

VAT on school fees will lead to teacher job cuts, warns SCIS
The body for Scottish independent schools also says that displaced students in exam years are struggling to find places in the state sector
VAT on school fees will lead to teacher job cuts, warns SCIS