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John Roberts

John Roberts is SEND and inclusion editor at Tes magazine

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‘DfE promises SEND improvement plan by Christmas’
Exclusive: Dame Christine Lenehan says Kit Malthouse has committed to producing an improvement paper this year following the SEND review
Specialist Sector
7 October 2022
SEND leaders say the sector has been told a DfE improvement plan on SEND will be produced before Christmas.
MAT leaders warn Truss over grave financial viability concerns
Prime minister and education secretary told by over 350 trust leaders that the prospect of further public spending cuts undermines school leaders’ confidence in balancing their budgets
General
4 October 2022
Prime minister
OECD: England one of few nations where teacher pay has declined since 2010
New study shows teacher pay has declined in England in real terms since 2010 but increased between 2015 and last year
General
4 October 2022
Teacher wage decline
Ofsted under pressure to share inspection aides with all schools
Watchdog warned it faces ‘huge credibility issue’ if only some schools and trusts have access to materials that could help them prepare for inspections
General
4 October 2022
Ofsted under pressure to share inspection aides with all schools
Labour conference diary: School gloom amid the optimism
Opposition party buoyant with record lead in the polls – but the mood was very different on the education fringes
General
28 September 2022
Gloomy
Labour plans curriculum reform that prizes ‘skills as well as knowledge’
Shadow education secretary Bridget Phillipson says we need a curriculum that ‘values and nurtures creativity alongside academic success’
General
28 September 2022
Bridget Phillipson says school curriculum should prize skills as well as knowledge.