SEND

If inclusion is not properly understood across the sector, there is a risk that the government’s planned inclusion bases will turn into a subtle form of exclusion, writes Thomas Keaney

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

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

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

Labour’s plans for SEND and inclusion give us hope, says Vic Goddard, but now the question is how committed the government is to making them work

There must be plenty of teachers who are neurodivergent, but we never hear about them, says one former head who has ADHD. Are they getting the support they need in schools?

The trend is most pronounced at secondary, where almost half of unauthorised absence is down to students who were missing from school without permission 15 times or more in a year

Tes’ Teacher Wellbeing Report 2026 also reveals what teachers really think about pupil behaviour, career progression, flexible-working opportunities and more

Don’t dismiss the female presentation in the rethinking of the autistic spectrum, argues Dr Sue Franklin

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

The Public Accounts Committee has urged the government to clarify how it will tackle high spending on transporting children to school

Hackney’s first early years additional resource provision opened in September. Its headteacher tells Tes how the specialist setting and curriculum are supporting some of the youngest children with complex needs