Thursday
8 in 10 councils could be left insolvent by SEND deficits
Research suggests 95 per cent of councils have a deficit as a result of SEND spending exceeding their funding
Nearly a fifth of KS4 students recorded with SEND
The latest key stage 4 data shows that the proportion of students with SEND has been rising since before Covid, but also that the gender gap in KS4 results has narrowed
How occupational therapists’ role in schools is changing
It used to be the case that occupational therapists only really helped individual pupils with complex needs, but now they are increasingly working to a much broader brief with schools, finds Zofia Niemtus
Creating a school culture where children want to be
Giving pupils a sense of belonging is key to improving attendance – and we can do this through designing a welcoming school culture, says this trust leader
‘Excellent foundation’ for languages in Scottish schools
Modest growth at Higher level offers hope amid ongoing concerns about declining popularity of languages
Academy trust reserves to plummet in next two years
Trusts face a ‘bleak outlook’ with their budgets despite a strong financial performance last year, Kreston report warns
Wednesday
Lords vote to curb new powers over academy admissions
Peers back an amendment to the government’s schools bill, despite Labour warnings that the change would leave schools victim to ‘ridiculous market forces’
School phone ban backed by Lords in government defeat
The House of Lords votes in favour of a statutory ban on phones in schools, despite the government strengthening its guidance on this issue last month
DfE ‘particularly keen’ to recruit male teachers
Education minister Olivia Bailey tells MPs that the department wants to see more men ‘teaching, guiding and leading’ in schools
Do schools need to change course on behaviour?
‘Bad’ behaviour is damaging teacher wellbeing and disrupting learning, despite successive governments trying to tackle it. Could findings from behavioural psychology and child development hold the answer? David Robson takes a look
Internal suspensions guidance boosts headteacher autonomy
Amid claims that government guidance is watering down school leaders’ powers, head Sophia Haughton says the opposite is actually the case
