by vinnie walsh | th May 2025 | News
What GCSE uptake in special schools could tell us about inclusion GCSE performance is increasing among special school students. Does this suggest more should be taught in mainstream? 9th May 2025, 5:00am The number of pupils in special schools has been...
by vinnie walsh | th May 2025 | News
A school leaders’ union says it is taking legal action against Ofsted over proposed changes to the way it inspects schools in England. The National Association of Head Teachers (NAHT) has asked for a judge to review plans for new school report cards, which are...
by vinnie walsh | th Apr 2025 | News
The issue of Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) has become a vexed issue in Kent. Getting children into the right schools to meet their requirements is both difficult to achieve and it is also very costly to residents. Making such provision work will...
by vinnie walsh | th Apr 2025 | News
Banning phones in schools should be a decision for head teachers and not “imposed nationally by the government”, England’s children’s commissioner has said. Nine in ten secondary schools restrict the use of smartphones, according to a survey of...
by vinnie walsh | th Mar 2025 | News
The former head of Ofsted, Amanda Spielman, has criticised the education secretary and accused her of giving “a great deal of time and attention” to the teaching unions. Speaking to the Daily Telegraph, Ms Spielman claims “effective reforms are being...
by vinnie walsh | th Mar 2025 | News
Vanessa Clarke Education correspondent Annual nursery costs for a child under two in England have fallen for the first time in 15 years, according to the children’s charity Coram. It comes as the government continues to roll out its funded childcare...
