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The DfE sets out proposals for schools to produce statutory support plans for pupils with SEND and for new national inclusion standards. Here’s everything you need to know about its reform plans

Schools will get access to £1.6bn inclusion funding and ‘Experts at Hand’ as part of the government’s long-awaited SEND reforms

Government announces target to halve disadvantage gap, along with plans for funding reform, a new progress measure and retention bonuses for heads

Leaders raise concern that the government’s fees plan could lead to ‘catastrophic’ loss of independent special school provision

The government’s key manifesto pledge to deliver 6,500 more teachers could hinge on recruitment into special schools and AP: here’s why that’s a challenge

Funding for hundreds more educational psychologists announced amid concerns that specialists are spending too much time on admin rather than supporting children