DfE

Tes investigates the challenges of achieving the White Paper target of bringing every school into a strong trust – and the incentives that could be necessary to fulfil it

Nigel Minns becomes East Midlands regional director for the school improvement programme after serving as a director of children’s services for eight years

The proportion of special schools that are full or over capacity is far higher than for mainstream schools, the latest DfE figures show

If inclusion is not properly understood across the sector, there is a risk that the government’s planned inclusion bases will turn into a subtle form of exclusion, writes Thomas Keaney

Key stage 3 has been neglected in the drive for improvement – but now the government has launched an initiative to make it a more meaningful phase of education, write the co-chairs of the scheme

The Key Stage 3 Alliance will form part of the government’s universal RISE school improvement offer, education secretary tells ASCL annual conference

The government’s SEND plans involve thousands of pupils being taught in new ‘inclusion bases’ - but many school sites don’t have space to create them, say leaders

‘Serious questions’ asked after the Department for Education’s spending on marketing approaches £50 million a year – up 43 per cent since 2022-23

Pepe Di’Iasio also tells ministers that SEND reforms will need more investment to succeed

SEND reform plans are needed by June – and government will withdraw services from failing authorities, local officers have been warned

Labour’s plans for SEND and inclusion give us hope, says Vic Goddard, but now the question is how committed the government is to making them work

Defeated amendment to the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill was supported by the House of Lords and teaching unions