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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

The newly elected Labour government pledged to create more than 3,000 nurseries in existing primary schools. Picture: Adobe Stock

Analysis 30 July 2024

Factors behind two-year-old decline

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

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 programme aligns with the government's pledge to improve maths teaching. Picture: Adobe Stock/ Birute

News 25 July 2024

Early years maths programme benefits disadvantaged children

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

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

News 17 July 2024

King’s Speech 2024: Sector welcomes mental health and education support

Children aged five, 11 and 19 have fallen further behind their peers, experts say. Picture: Monkey Business/Adobe Stock

News 16 July 2024

Young children with SEND face ‘widest attainment gap on record’

Croydon says not partnering with schools or academies could leave councils 'financially unsustainable'. Picture: Adobe Stock

News 10 July 2024

Council gives nurseries six months to find school or academy partner

Children's sector leaders are urging the next government to invest in young people's services.

News 4 July 2024

General Election 2024: Next government urged to prioritise children as voters go to polls

A plan to improve recruitment and retention is staff is also need to sustain the early years sector, leaders say. Picture: LightfieldStudios/Adobe Stock

News 3 July 2024

Enough funding for providers is voters’ top childcare priority ahead of election

Children’s organisations are calling for a joined-up approach to early years provision. Picture: Oksana Kuzmina/Adobe Stock

Features 1 July 2024

Children’s charities on issues the next government must prioritise

Problems recruiting and retaining staff is the biggest concern for councils around rolling out the expansion. Picture: DglImages/Adobe Stock

News 27 June 2024

Nine in 10 councils ‘not confident’ they can deliver full funded childcare expansion

Hanan and her five-month-old son Nour are among those to benefit from activities on offer at the Triangle Centre Family Hub in South Tottenham. Picture: Jamie Hodgskin

Features 26 June 2024

Inside a family hub

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