5+ hour, 33+ min ago  (1487+ words) Immanuel College Church of England Academy Documents reveal how councils' deficit plans will get top ratings for avoiding expanding specialist provision 13 Mar 2026, 5:00 Councils will be given top marks by the government if their SEND reform proposals include "little to no…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago  (458+ words) Capital City College Group Bid to improve north east and coastal schools risks 'becoming symbolic rather than structural', ministers told 3 Mar 2026, 5:00 Missions to boost outcomes in left-behind regions risk being ineffective with questions over the schemes" funding and leadership unanswered,…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago  (450+ words) Green Meadow Primary School Collins, already a senior DfE figure, will focus on white paper roll-out and reviewing how DfE 'engages with councils' 25 Feb 2026, 0:01 Kevan Collins has been appointed as the education secretary's delivery adviser with a focus on SEND…...

1+ mon, 3+ day ago  (596+ words) 10 Feb 2026, 9:00 Competition between trusts, disconnected resources and no duty to collaborate mean it's no surprise children fall through the cracks, says James Stuart I've just returned from an inclusion conference, and I'm frustrated. It was full of committed people, but…...

1+ mon, 6+ day ago  (865+ words) Excelsior Multi Academy Trust 6 Feb 2026, 15:00 School nurseries lack the staff, space or demand to offer more wraparound, holiday or pre-school childcare, particularly in poorer areas, research shows. The government has promised "400 million towards "tens of thousands of places" in school-based…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (763+ words) Windsor Forest Colleges Group I'm calling on government to view early intervention, training of staff and more speech and language therapy not as an expense but as an upfront investment Labour MP for Thurrock 3 Feb 2026, 9:56 Around two million children struggle…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (858+ words) DfE says 450,000 disadvantaged children will benefit, but experts warn evidence on AI provision 'in its infancy' 2 Feb 2026, 17:08 More research is needed into the impact of AI tutoring for pupils, experts have warned after the government announced plans to trial it…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (940+ words) Wigan & Leigh College Analysis suggests 6 in 10 children given universal screening were found to have speech and language needs 30 Jan 2026, 16:49 A government-funded speech and language screening initiative found an unexpected proportion of young children have unidentified needs, an evaluation report has…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (784+ words) Green Meadow Primary School Leaders 'disappointed' at 'lack of diversity and representation' among experts recruited to help write new national curriculum 27 Jan 2026, 5:00 Sector leaders have criticised the "limited breadth and diversity" of experts recruited to help write the new national…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (1849+ words) 27 Jan 2026, 11:43 A debate about the future of children's rights is raging as the SEND reforms loom. It has been widely reported the government will seek to reduce the number of children with legal rights to support,a move that worries…...