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In both England and the US, SEND provision suffers from poor funding, a lack of trained professionals and system overwhelm. But their responses to these challenges have been very different, with the US questioning inclusion while England pushes for more of it, finds Holly Korbey

School leaders must be given ‘uninterrupted rest’, Wales’ education secretary has told local authorities after years of campaigning by NAHT Cymru

The number of school buildings given the highest rating has dropped significantly in the past four years, but the Scottish government points to more positive data

Education minister Georgia Gould tells packed debate that SEND reforms will be guided by the need for early intervention

With Ofsted opting not to publish full responses to a consultation on its new framework, a survey by former senior inspectors offers a snapshot of what the sector really thinks

Is its ban on the International Baccalaureate just ‘Russia being Russia’ – as one international school leader put it – or could it represent a wider threat to international schools and the way they operate?

Report calls on government to ensure better staffing, funding and oversight to make the SEND system work for pupils

Schools and teachers have found the support of language hubs ‘invaluable’, yet they are facing significant funding cuts

The Tasmanian government is to be the first to trial a version of England’s grouping of schools into trusts, writes Will Bickford Smith – but it won’t be adopting some aspects of the model

The number of International Baccalaureate schools is growing across the world – here’s a quick guide to the key aspects of the IB’s operations

Better quantity and quality of ingredients and financial savings have been just some of the benefits from the move, says this trust chief

Taskforce chair says it will be wrong to consider schools to be strong on inclusion if they are happy for local students ‘to be sent in a taxi elsewhere’