08/01/2025: Rising costs force ‘difficult choices’ on schools

Head teachers say they face “difficult choices” over what their schools can afford, as a new report says they could be forced into further cuts next year.

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07/01/2025: SEND is the ‘biggest issue’ for schools – Ofsted

Special educational needs and disabilities (Send) is the “biggest issue” affecting schools in England, Ofsted’s chief inspector has said.

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17/12/2024: Plan to register children not in school takes shape

A register to identify children who are not in school in England will be part of a bill introduced to Parliament on Tuesday.

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16/12/2024: ‘The school system is broken’: Why more parents are home-educating their children

“Toby was so tremendously unhappy in school,” says his father, Daniel. “We were standing outside the classroom door for an hour every morning and he just didn’t want to go in.

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11/12/2024: How working parents can get 15 and 30 hours free childcare

Working parents of children from nine months old can now access 15 hours a week of free childcare.

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11/12/2024: Reform SEND support or risk ‘widespread local authority bankruptcies’, warns think-tank

The system for supporting children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) must be overhauled to avoid councils going bankrupt, a leading think-tank has warned.

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06/12/2024: High number of pupils regularly missing school

Almost a quarter of children in Bristol are persistently absent from school, according to Ofsted.

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05/12/2024: Ofsted ‘alarmed’ by absences and ‘flexi-schooling’

The “alarming” level of children missing school has become a “stubborn and damaging issue”, according to the chief inspector of Ofsted, England’s schools regulator.

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05/12/2024: Disadvantaged children hardest hit by education and social care challenges, warns Ofsted

The most vulnerable and disadvantaged children are those worst affected by recruitment and demand pressures across children’s social care and education, Ofsted is warning.

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05/12/2024: Prime Minister sets school readiness target

Prime Minister Keir Starmer has promised to boost the proportion of children starting school “ready to learn” as part of the government’s reboot of its targets for this parliament.

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