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We ARE consulting on SEND appeals, insists DfE

Lawyers ask for an ‘urgent explanation’ after conflicting messages on SEND tribunal The post We ARE consulting on SEND appeals, insists DfE first appeared on Schools Week.

The teachers with a 24-hour commute

Major trust partners with tropical island’s only secondary to send staff on ‘once-in-a-lifetime’ secondment The post The teachers with a 24-hour commute first appeared on Schools Week.

Cuts to Prevent staff considered by Kent as funding reduced

Reform-run Kent council tells schools it may lose their Prevent education officer posts The post Cuts to Prevent staff considered by Kent as funding reduced first appeared on

Academies lobby pension fund chiefs over ‘unfair’ extra payments 

West Yorkshire academy chains believe they are paying millions more than local authority schools The post Academies lobby pension fund chiefs over ‘unfair’ extra payments  first appeared on

Councils head to court over £4.5m in special school fees

Wandsworth council has launched legal action against Kent over a school it ran in the county The post Councils head to court over £4.5m in special school fees

Third of parents say they take children on term-time holidays

New Public First report also reveals regional divides in attitudes to absence and behaviour The post Third of parents say they take children on term-time holidays first appeared

DfE inclusion tsar to lead SEND expert panel

Academy trust boss Tom Rees will co-chair a panel to create inclusion standards and new SEND ‘packages’ The post DfE inclusion tsar to lead SEND expert panel first

By focusing on schools, the white paper fails to put children first

The document has missed a significant opportunity to state clearly that children really do come first The post By focusing on schools, the white paper fails to put

New ‘inclusion strategies’: What schools need to know

DfE fleshes out requirements for annual strategies that will attract £400m a year in funding The post New ‘inclusion strategies’: What schools need to know first appeared on

Growing concerns over censorship show the need to support school libraries

The increase in instances of book banning shows a worrying trend with the school library as a cultural battle ground The post Growing concerns over censorship show the