Policy

Headteachers’ leaders urge DfE to carry out a detailed pay equality analysis, as report highlights persistent gender gaps

Education secretary says parental engagement must be ‘front and centre’, in order to ‘resolve issues before they become complaints’

In both England and the US, SEND provision suffers from poor funding, a lack of trained professionals and system overwhelm. But their responses to these challenges have been very different, with the US questioning inclusion while England pushes for more of it, finds Holly Korbey

The number of school buildings given the highest rating has dropped significantly in the past four years, but the Scottish government points to more positive data

Education minister Georgia Gould tells packed debate that SEND reforms will be guided by the need for early intervention

As part of our thought experiment series, Felicity Gillespie argues that we need universal agreement on early development, from when to toilet train to ‘learning’ for babies and toddlers

Report calls on government to ensure better staffing, funding and oversight to make the SEND system work for pupils

The Tasmanian government is to be the first to trial a version of England’s grouping of schools into trusts, writes Will Bickford Smith – but it won’t be adopting some aspects of the model

Taskforce chair says it will be wrong to consider schools to be strong on inclusion if they are happy for local students ‘to be sent in a taxi elsewhere’

Tes reveals the organisations chosen to support schools through the government’s RISE programme – and the schools they are matched with

Internal truancy is a drain on teachers’ time and resources, harms pupils’ life chances – and could be about to get worse, a Tes investigation reveals

IFS warns that any reforms that would reduce pupils’ rights to cut costs could risk a repeat of the backlash over welfare changes