Funding

The government’s SEND plans involve thousands of pupils being taught in new ‘inclusion bases’ - but many school sites don’t have space to create them, say leaders

‘Serious questions’ asked after the Department for Education’s spending on marketing approaches £50 million a year – up 43 per cent since 2022-23

Pepe Di’Iasio also tells ministers that SEND reforms will need more investment to succeed

Teachers tell the watchdog that working with different local authorities with different processes can be frustrating when trying to support vulnerable pupils

SEND reform plans are needed by June – and government will withdraw services from failing authorities, local officers have been warned

Leaders say the government’s claim that schools can afford teacher pay rises ignores their growing costs, including the prospect of energy price hikes due to the Middle East conflict

Treasury has committed to ensuring that every primary school has a library by 2029, but these facilities could include former ‘storage spaces’, Tes can reveal

Flagship fund to improve inclusion in mainstream schools ‘won’t go very far at all’, and a clear national strategy is needed on how to use it, government is told

MPs dismiss warnings that forcing thousands of schools to publish two sets of financial accounts would be an unjustified burden

Campaign group calls for ‘consistency and transparency’ in drive to offer free instrumental music tuition for all pupils, as record overall numbers take lessons

Government has not set out how its flagship reforms will result in savings, fiscal watchdog says.

Teachers’ union leader calls government projections ‘ludicrous’ and ‘insulting’