SEND

School leadership teams have been ‘breaking down’ over inspection pressures, National Governance Association survey finds

Senior official tells Tes SEND Show it wants to create a framework where ‘no children fall through the gap’

Trusts running specialist schools come in a range of shapes and sizes – but how are they evolving and what role will they play in the government’s SEND reforms?

Wide disadvantage gap has not shifted but the proportion of pupils with SEND meeting the phonics standard reaches new high

Deals for schools in Spain and the United Arab Emirates take the group’s total to four international settings, with the promise of more to come

Schools are facing significant problems around pupils’ mental health and attendance, and political voices have pointed to a lack of resilience as the cause. But can interventions designed to boost this quality really help?

Moon Hall School has expanded into Egypt with a specialist assessment, tuition and therapy centre. Headteacher Michelle Catterson talks about why it has taken this approach – and why ambitions for a full school opening overseas remain very much intact

Tes tests the reaction to the first wave of official SEND training materials, focused on inclusive teaching and speech, language and communication development

School leaders say employers are withdrawing from offering placements amid uncertainty over the impact of new safeguarding changes

Major DfE survey of Year 8s also reveals that girls and students with SEND are less likely to feel like they belong in school

Draft documents set out examples of what might be seen as ‘reasonable’ and ‘unreasonable’ adjustments for pupils with SEND, as part of the government’s drive to increase inclusion in mainstream schools

Traditional approaches to teaching canonical texts such as Shakespeare won’t work for all students, says special-school teacher Oana Robu. Here’s how her team have adapted their methods