The government is looking into how many schools are not being inclusive enough for children with SEND, the children’s minister has revealed. David Johnston...
The government plans to “time-limit” the use of unregistered alternative provision, require settings to comply with national standards and have councils maintain lists of...
The government plans to introduce new “quality assurance frameworks” backed by “national standards” on unregistered alternative provision. The Department for Education will today launch...
The locations of 16 new special schools have been revealed, as ministers also named seven academy trusts selected to run seven other specialist settings...
Speak to most parents, teachers and school leaders and they’ll agree the current SEND system is broken. Budgets are spiralling out of control, outcomes...
Scrapping single-phrase Ofsted judgments would lead to civil servants, politicians and the media “drawing their own conclusions” about schools from the narrative in reports,...
Lawyers for a school which has taken Ofsted to court have slammed its “mystifying and frustrating refusal” to provide more detailed explanations for why...
The education secretary has said it will be “hard to guarantee” that government would fully fund a teacher pay rise, despite schools struggling with...
Ofsted will train inspectors on artificial intelligence use and explore how the technology can help the school watchdog to make “better decisions”. The government...
The government has said it has “no plans” to change single-phrase Ofsted judgments, following reports they could be scrapped following Ruth Perry’s death. The...