SEND

With the government publishing guidance on setting up an inclusion base, one school cited by the DfE as delivering the type of provision it wants to see shares insights on its approach to improving outcomes for all

Guidance reveals detailed plans for support and specialist inclusion bases in schools – but heads’ leaders fear the funding falls short

Structural reform to the SEND system will only make early years provision more inclusive if the plans are backed up by these key changes in practice, writes Julian Grenier

Without additional support, young people with SEND face barriers to transitioning to employment, write Laura Davis and John Yarham. Here, they set out how schools can help

Increase in legal costs is likely due to the government introducing contentious policies that have ‘well-funded’ opponents – such as VAT on private school fees, say experts

Committee will scrutinise DfE’s teacher recruitment targets and plans to reform accountability measures and narrow the disadvantage gap

Education secretary faces questions from MPs over the government’s SEND plans, teacher recruitment and curriculum reform

MPs hear it will take a ‘heroic effort’ for the government to meet its target of 100 per cent of schools being covered by 2030 – and that strict behaviour policies risk ‘punishing’ pupils for mental health issues

The government’s long-awaited enrichment benchmarks for schools have finally been published, encompassing areas such as civic engagement, the arts, nature and sport

The latest official data shows a 24 per cent increase in the number of pupils with an education, health and care plan in the past two years

Around half of secondary schools have already produced extra documents to prepare for the new inspections

While nations such as Canada, Italy and Portugal are often cited as SEND success stories, a deeper look at the data and context tells a different story, says this trust CEO