Ministers have been urged to clarify how special schools will be funded under their white paper reforms. The document pledged ...

The SEND reforms consultation paper said conditions would be placed on the inclusion funding to ensure it is spent on an ...

Leaders have taken issue with the new joint judgment area, but Oliver says it's what consultation called for Leaders have taken issue with the new joint judgment area, but Oliver says it's what ...

VAT on school fees, the end of charitable business rates relief, a big hike in national insurance contributions, falling ...

It is a change in what we mean by the word “standards” in the first place. Not standards that work when pupils arrive ready ...

Lydia Michaelson-Yeates, of law firm Browne Jacobson, stated the “big challenge for government is how fast and easily” it can ...

Any weakening of those safeguards risks leaving parents without meaningful recourse when provision fails. If government truly ...

Overall, this white paper sets out significant ambitions and provides a potential roadmap toward a system that works for all.

Labour’s off-rolling crackdown could finally “shed light on a practice that is currently invisible” but must be supported by councils and trusts to work, experts have said.

Ministers will for the first time cap the fees independent special schools can charge councils for provision, with the ...

Private schools wanting to convert to academies are “left in the dark” due to a lack of guidance on the process, a new report has found, with just 1 per cent of settings converting in the space of a ...

Interesting fact: Sue spent 14 years as a teacher, including three years at the British School, Athens, and six years as ...