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What freedoms will academies lose under the new schools bill?
The planned legislation is set to result in significant changes to academy powers. Jasmine Norden and Ellen Peirson-Hagger outline which freedoms academies will lose and retain
Queen chess piece
Teachers and students sought to shape Scotland鈥檚 new qualifications body
With Qualifications Scotland due to replace the SQA in late 2025, 鈥榩artnership panels鈥� aim to give teachers and students a bigger say over the new body鈥檚 priorities
Teachers and students sought to shape Scotland's new qualifications body
Starmer: SEND reform will be done 鈥榓s urgently as possible鈥�
Prime minister is warned that councils鈥� SEND spending deficits could result in 鈥榓n avalanche鈥� of local authorities declaring effective bankruptcy
Starmer: SEND reform will be delivered 鈥榓s urgently as possible鈥�
School鈥檚 legal challenge against double RI academy order
Primary school is taking legal advice in an attempt to stop the DfE pushing ahead with its forced academisation under a policy that the government is dropping in the new year
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2024 saw 鈥榖ig steps forward鈥�, but SEND system must be fixed in 2025
ASCL chief Pepe Di鈥檒asio reflects on 12 months in education that have brought some seismic changes in the system but can only be viewed as the start of a long journey
2024 saw 鈥榖ig steps forward鈥� - but SEND system must be fixed in 2025
New inquiry will seek solutions to SEND crisis
MPs will look at inclusion in mainstream schools, funding and alternatives to the EHCP system 鈥榳ithout reducing support鈥�
Inquiry set up to find solutions to the SEND crisis
Force parents to engage on behaviour, says report
Teachers are 鈥榩owerless鈥� to tackle the rise in disruptive behaviour in schools 鈥� they need to be given greater authority, says Tony Blair鈥檚 think tank
Think tank: Force parents to engage over disruptive pupils' behaviour