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MPs’ inquiry is told that parents need ‘routes of redress’ before going for an EHCP if their child’s needs are not being met in school

Ministers unveil a three-year early years teacher degree apprenticeship and a new experience-based training route

Education secretary calls the proposals a ‘headline-grabbing gimmick’

The New Schools Network has appointed an ex-Downing Street and DfE special adviser as its director to fight for academy freedoms and free schools

CST chief executive Leora Cruddas warns that the school system is not working as well as it should for some pupils with SEND

Teachers’ and leaders’ doubts about the government’s plan for free breakfast clubs in all primary schools have been revealed by a new poll

The experts will work across two groups on plans to make mainstream schools more inclusive

‘Generic’ policy on SEND support risks exposing pupils to ‘inappropriate practice’, warns the government’s inclusion lead

Even when school safeguarding concerns result in an intervention, this can end too soon, requiring repeated referrals, the education committee heard

But the National Audit Office reveals the true cost of repairs and replacements in the school estate could be ‘substantially higher’

England is just the latest example of a government using curriculum change to make its mark on education, but things rarely go to plan for anyone involved, explains Professor Mark Priestley

Trust leaders had raised concerns that the current wording of the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill suggested academies would lose pay freedoms