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John Roberts

John Roberts is SEND and inclusion editor at Tes magazine

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EBacc: DfE plans to ‘incentivise full entry’
Department will consult on performance measure changes planned from 2024
Secondary
28 September 2023
The government is planning changes to how EBacc take up is measured.
Ofsted: MAT leaders query inspection fairness
Queen Street Group report reveals concerns over consistency of judgements
General
28 September 2023
Ofsted inspection
Use absence figures to ‘make case’ for SEND cash, DfE told
Commons Education Select Committee chair calls for DfE to make attendance a clear focus in funding bids
General
27 September 2023
SEND pupil
Attendance crisis: MPs call for ‘major’ mental health plan
More support for SEND and mental health would reduce the ‘incredible pressure’ on schools, MPs tell ministers
General
27 September 2023
Attendance crisis: MPs call for ‘major’ mental health plan
SEND: £60m tribunal spend ‘shows broken system’
Schools are going into deficit ‘to provide the right help for children’ as funding lags behind demand, heads’ union leader warns
General
25 September 2023
SEND
DfE not ‘imposing’ EHCP cut, insists minister
Children’s minister David Johnston responds to concern over plans to reduce new EHCPs by 20 per cent
General
25 September 2023
DfE not ‘imposing’ EHCP cut, insists minister