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John Roberts

John Roberts is SEND and inclusion editor at Tes magazine

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DfE names areas where SEND reforms will be tested
Long-awaited SEND reforms will be tested in 32 areas of the country, which have been named today
Specialist Sector
23 August 2023
Woman holding map
New MAT body plan for national curriculum
The Confederation of School Trusts has put forward plans for a new process for making changes to the national curriculum
General
22 August 2023
New MAT body plan for national curriculum
A-level results 2023: Wider gap ‘down to lack of catch-up cash’
Today’s A-level results show that the disadvantage gap and the regional variation in grades have widened, warn education leaders
Secondary
17 August 2023
A-level results 2023: ‘Wider gap down to lack of Covid catch up cash””
Revealed: How catch-up tutoring increased this year
The number of schools and pupil starts on the National Tutoring programme has risen compared with last year, new figures suggest
General
27 July 2023
DfE Covid catch-up data 2023
SEND: Ofsted flags up long waits and ‘frustration’
Less than half of the first areas to be inspected by Ofsted on their SEND support get a top grade, while ‘significant concerns’ were found in one area
Specialist Sector
27 July 2023
SEND: Ofsted flags long waits and ‘frustration’
Ofsted ‘flat-out wrong’ on MAT exclusions, says DfE adviser
DfE behaviour tsar Tom Bennett has criticised Ofsted for suggesting suspensions and exclusions were too high in a multi-academy trust report
General
25 July 2023
Child facing a blackboard