Kevan Collins has been appointed as the education secretary’s delivery adviser with a focus on SEND reform and reviewing how the department engages with councils. Collins, the Department for Education ...

“Currently, if a confidence interval includes zero (the national average for progress), then a school or college is labelled ‘average’.” This means that two thirds of schools at key stage 2 and 43 per ...

As revealed by Schools Week, government is specifically looking at using income data, rather than the “binary metric” of free school meals eligibility, to assess which pupils attract extra funding, ...

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

The schools white paper has set out proposals to SEND reform, most of which are expected to be enacted from 2029. From that date, pupils with EHCPs will have them reviewed when they reach their next ...

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

For research to truly inform practice, teachers must actively understand, interpret and apply evidence in their different ...

The Department for Education has published its 10-year education estates strategy, which also sets out an “ambition” for all ...

Schools should take a “very careful approach in relation to social transition”, new draft government gender guidance states, ...

Academy chiefs have railed against new MAT league tables for failing to “reflect the progress students make in non-selective ...

In response, Ofsted said it will “review what data is included in the report cards from published sources, including ...

The Department for Education (DfE) announced this week that all secondary schools will be expected to have an “inclusion base ...