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A special school MAT leader explains why proposals in the SEND plan need to be enacted far sooner – and backed by a financially sustainable system

The government’s new SEND plan is unlikely to lead to meaningful change any time soon – which is a disaster for an area of education desperately in need of reform, explains Sam Freedman

The government’s plan to create a SEND NPQ sounds good on paper – but it could inadvertently diminish in-depth knowledge in the sector, warns the Nasen CEO

The number of school trips overseas has fallen amid rising costs and concerns about the environment and equal access, with some parts of Scotland ruling them out for now. So, is the school trip abroad an experience worth saving?

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Your round-up of Tes’ essential news and analysis from the past week includes details of the government’s long-awaited plan to reform SEND support, reaction to regional teacher strikes and a warning about the value of Ofsted inspections

Job evaluation could be a way of tackling the three huge issues fuelling the teacher recruitment and retention crisis – workload, low pay and long hours, says Yvonne Williams

On National School Governors’ Awareness Day, the CEO of the charity Governors for Schools explains why increasing the diversity of school governors in terms of age, race and background is so important

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Your round-up of Tes’ essential news and analysis from the past week includes the government’s recommendation for teacher pay next year, an attempt to halt next week’s strikes and a new teaching apprenticeship for non-graduates

Despite ‘genuine commitment’ to dialogue during Nicola Sturgeon’s tenure, the teacher pay dispute leaves her education legacy with a ‘sour’ taste, says former EIS general secretary Larry Flanagan

An MP on the Commons Education Select Committee explains why he’s calling on the government to scrap VAT on school uniform in the forthcoming Budget