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New Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson has announced the launch of funding

Analysis 30 July 2024

New government puts children’s wellbeing at heart of its agenda

Sir Kevan Collins was education recovery tsar for five months after quitting in protest. Picture: DfE

Analysis 30 July 2024

SEND inclusion in mainstream schools key to DfE reorganisation

Experts suggest inadequate support for struggling pupils is driving up exclusions. Picture: Andov/Adobe Stock

Analysis 30 July 2024

Exclusions rise adds impetus for change

The school has been designed in an effort to combat the shortage of specialist schools in West Berkshire. Picture: Amegreen Children’s Services

News 30 July 2024

Plans approved for former nursery to become special school

Lib Peck speaks at an event sharing best practice for embedding the inclusion charter. Picture: London VRU

News 26 July 2024

Three quarters of London boroughs sign up to charter to tackle lost learning

Children in the North West and Yorkshire and the Humber were found to lack SEND support. Picture: Adobe Stock/ dglimages

News 26 July 2024

EHCPs for half of children delayed, study finds

The Ombudsman has called for councils to comply with its recommendations. Picture: Adobe Stock/ Olesia Bilkei

News 25 July 2024

SEND complaints dominating a quarter of ombudsman’s casework

Numbers of children with EHCPs has almost doubled since 2014, figures show. Picture: Adobe Stock

News 25 July 2024

Attainment for children with SEND ‘has not improved over last decade’

The body will focus on young people classes as NEET. Picture: Adobe Stock

News 24 July 2024

Government announces new skills and development body

The NAO questions a move by DfE to scrap funding for its National Tutoring Programme. Picture: Freedomz/Adobe Stock

News 24 July 2024

DfE has ‘little understanding’ on impact of spending on disadvantaged pupils, NAO finds

The Department for Education has confirmed the briefs of its new ministers. Picture: Bridget Phillipson/X

News 23 July 2024

DfE confirms ministerial responsibilities

Professor Becky Francis has been appointed to lead the review. Picture: Education Endowment Foundation

News 22 July 2024

SEND inclusion to be key focus of government’s curriculum review

The cost of holiday childcare places has increased for all parents, research finds. Picture: Wavebreak3/Adobe Stock

News 19 July 2024

Disabled children among hardest hit by lack of holiday childcare places

Martyn Oliver was appointed as Ofsted's chief inspector last year. Picture: UK Government

News 18 July 2024

Ofsted chief suggests end of single-word judgments could be announced ‘within weeks’

King Charles III delivers his first King's Speech under a Labour government. Picture: Parliament TV

News 17 July 2024

King’s Speech 2024: Children’s mental health and wellbeing central to proposed legislation