DfE

Department claims that under the Conservatives it created special-school places for pupils who could have been educated in mainstream schools

Across the Atlantic better integration and stronger collaboration provide a fairer system for all, writes one MP who is part of a Commons committee investigating the SEND support crisis

Expansion of mental health support in schools announced alongside the launch of 90 attendance and behaviour hubs

Schools are in danger of reaching the point where cuts to staff mean that opening their gates poses health and safety risks, leaders warn

SEND adviser Dame Christine Lenehan says new reforms will change the ‘bureaucratic nightmare’ that the system has become

Six months ago the government proposed a 2.8 per cent pay increase for 2025-26, but the size of the uplift is still yet to be decided – leaving schools with a budgeting headache yet again. Ellen Peirson-Hagger analyses data from the past decade to see what we should expect this year

DfE scheme to make PE lessons more inclusive aims to reach more than 240,000 pupils over three years

The watchdog’s focus on inclusion in schools under its proposed new inspection framework should be strengthened, MPs are told

The Cam and ACES academy trusts announce a planned merger that would result in a 17-school MAT

Data obtained by Tes shows surge in access arrangements for KS2 Sats, fuelling concerns about a decline in pupils’ handwriting and system’s susceptibility to abuse

GCSE performance is increasing among special school students. Does this suggest more should be taught in mainstream?

Postgraduate teaching apprenticeship courses will be reduced from 12 to nine months