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Some pupils are being wrongly excluded from school because this vague ‘catch-all’ category is creating inconsistency in the system, warn PRU and AP leaders

Government announces new timeline for removing collapse-prone concrete from schools as MPs scrutinise its progress

Teacher Tapp data shows a higher level of support among Sendcos than other teachers for plans to create a new layer of learning support in mainstream schools

Taskforce urges the government to create a new layer of statutory SEND support in mainstream schools – but to keep existing EHCPs temporarily

Government had been expected to set out SEND reform plans this autumn – but the education secretary says it is important to ‘take the time to listen and get it right’

Watchdog’s national education director also tells the Schools North East summit that Ofsted is in talks with the DfE about concerns over the inspection of inclusion