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
‘Far’ more errors in DfE exam results data than usual
‘Unacceptable’ errors in key stage 4 and 5 results data triggers call for deadline to be further extended, after it was already pushed back due to technical difficulties
Thursday
Revealed: Areas most in need of extra nursery provision
DfE analysis shows Sunderland, the Isles of Scilly and Cumberland need to see the biggest percentage capacity increase by next September as bidding opens for school-based nursery cash
Long-term absence rates rise
Government data reveals more than 150,000 pupils missed half or more of their school time last year
Bringing science to the heart of DfE decision making
A member of a new Science Advisory Council for the Department for Education outlines why it’s vital that insights from the frontline of science inform the department’s strategy
