Thursday
FMQs: Tories attack Swinney over ‘collapse of discipline’ in Scottish schools
Opposition parties make education the focus of First Minister’s Questions, after week of concerns over teacher numbers and rising numbers of pupils with ASN
One in seven local authority schools in deficit, data shows
The income that schools generate themselves is now at its highest since the current form of records began
Friday
Ombudsman wants to close SEND ‘accountability gap’ in schools
Local government ombudsman wants powers to investigate exclusions and how EHCPs are implemented in schools
How teacher training could make or break the DfE inclusion plan
The government wants more pupils with SEND to be supported in mainstream schools, but most teachers say their training did not equip them to meet these children’s needs
Tuesday
SEND: Six key findings from DfE’s MPs session
DfE is to take ‘a fundamental look’ at the SEND system and it is working with the Treasury on a solution for council deficits
What if we caused the SEND crisis ourselves?
The number of children being classed as having SEND is overwhelming – but have we stopped to think that the system could be to blame, asks the leader of E-ACT academy trust
