Tuesday
DfE pulls capital funding from schools over bid ‘irregularities’
Condition Improvement Fund money will be pulled from a number of projects after investigations
Revealed: MPs on the new Commons Education Select Committee
The House of Commons has formally appointed the members to the committee which will scrutinise the work of the Department for Education
Friday
Focus on inclusion over fines to fix attendance, report says
Threatening parents with fines is ‘not working for many families and not reducing severe absence rates’, former children’s commissioner warns
MAT Tracker regional deep dive: North East of England
Tes examines the outlook for the academies sector in the North East of England, as part of our MAT Tracker series delving into regional movements and trends
Thursday
Tens of thousands of pupils ‘could have needs met without EHCP’
Schools minister highlights new report suggesting 35,000 more children with SEND could be taught in mainstream rather than specialist settings if system improves
SEND crisis: schools lack incentives to be inclusive, watchdog warns
The government has no solution to a financial crisis that could lead to more than 4 in 10 councils effectively declaring bankruptcy, states National Audit Office
Tuesday
Education minister ‘open’ to school absence targets
Baroness Jacqui Smith was responding to questions in the House of Lords
To code B or not to code B: attendance rule change poses questions
Dan Worth outlines a litany of issues with the way attendance codes have changed for pupils engaged in remote education – and why it’s at odds with wider messages from the DfE
MATs among 24 winning bids to run subject knowledge courses
DfE announces organisations tasked with running Subject Knowledge Enhancement courses for prospective teachers
DfE to review 44 mainstream free school projects
And five more schools have been added to the School Rebuilding Programme
