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Inspectorate and government warned they need to mitigate against risk that the move to new inspection framework will ‘inadvertently’ look like a decline in standards

DfE announces plans to create 50,000 new specialist places but up to 77 free school projects could be replaced, with councils getting funding instead

The latest data shows that 99 per cent of SEND tribunal cases found in parents’ favour, as the government sets out its aims for SEND reforms

The balance held by local authority-maintained schools in deficit has dropped more than £90m further into the red, government data shows

Too many students with SEND are leaving the school system because of ‘missed opportunities’ to identify their needs early on, says watchdog’s report

Former schools minister questions DfE officials on whether home-to-school transport to breakfast clubs will be a legal entitlement