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Schools face ‘impossible’ SEND support package plans, experts warn

‘Bizarre’ government proposals risk lumping together pupils with vastly different needs, and stripping out mental health support, leaders tell Tes

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Extra enrichment isn’t possible, teachers warn

The DfE is introducing enrichment benchmarks to push schools to deliver more extracurricular clubs – but research shows that teachers are already working unpaid and out of hours to deliver such activities

Pupil absence remains ‘stubbornly high’ this year

Analysis of 2025-26 attendance rates so far shows absence levels remain similar to figures from the same time last year

Health and wellbeing ‘underpins everything’, school leaders told

The profound change happening in Scottish education makes it more important than ever to support colleagues and pupils, says outgoing SLS president

Some primaries have ‘six times’ more pupils with SEND

Uneven spread of pupils with special educational needs and disabilities puts 'significant pressure' on inclusive schools, warns report

SEND register decisions are a ‘mystery’, warn experts

Lack of guidance on using the SEND register leaves schools under- and over-recording pupils as needing support for special educational needs and disabilities, say leaders

DfE announces 36 new attendance and behaviour hubs

The latest cohort brings the total number of hub lead schools to 57, with more expected to be announced

Most science teachers say school lacks capacity for triple GCSE

The government has said that schools should ensure that any student who wishes to study triple science at GCSE can do so, but concerns have been raised over a lack of teachers

Phillipson urged to outline how DfE will ‘co-create’ SEND reforms

Education committee chair Helen Hayes asks education secretary for 'specific' steps being taken to involve schools and parents in plans as 'equal participants'

DfE sets AI-powered attendance targets for schools

Headteachers' leaders dismiss new individual attendance targets for every school as a 'Whitehall diktat' that will be an extra burden on staff

Scottish teachers get ‘certainty’ over pay for two years

But hours after the pay deal announcement details emerge of a ballot on strike action over teachers' class-contact time

School-readiness target is ‘risky’, expert tells MPs

The 'good level of development' measure is a 'blunt tool' to assess children, particularly pupils with SEND, MPs have been warned

Legal battle for mandatory school phone ban files with High Court

The claimaints' call for a judicial review over smartphones in schools argues that DfE guidance does not go far enough to protect pupils

Tes Awards for International Schools 2025: shortlist revealed

The annual global celebration of international schools has unveiled its shortlist, with countries across the world represented

‘Major concerns’ over Ofsted data changes

Schools that volunteered to be first for new inspections should be allowed to withdraw because of changes announced by Ofsted just days before the new system begins, say heads' leaders

Pay ‘most significant concern’ for exam markers, SQA report finds

SQA markers generally find the work useful, but they often feel 'undervalued', survey shows