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Headteachers of special schools in Kent have asked lawyers to assess the case for a judicial review against council plans to change SEND provision at a group of schools

If Labour wants to hit its target of 75 per cent of 5-year-olds being school-ready, it will need to engage heavily in early years support – just as we had before, says Anne Longfield

Prime minister shares concern that some Reception pupils are ‘struggling to speak’, while headteachers say focus on early years is ‘one of the nearest things to a silver bullet’

Geometry, reasoning and low attainers need greater attention within schools to help drive England’s international performance in maths even higher, says David Thomas

More teachers will become additional support needs specialists, says finance secretary in her Budget statement – but opponents warn of a ‘huge cut’ to school funding

Exam board says it now expects to offer digital exams ‘within the next few years’ as international schools’ use of digital papers for GCSE and A level soars

Planning, preparation and assessment (PPA) time was meant to cut teacher workload and raise standards, but it has done neither, argues Mark Roberts. He sets out how we could begin to put that right

The government should expand its plan for a not-in-school register to ensure that vulnerable children don’t ‘fall through the cracks’, says EPI report

Pay rise needed to achieve teacher recruitment target would cost government an extra £4.9bn by 2028, research warns

Headteacher questions fairness of Progress 8 scores but warns that two years of measuring schools ‘through the lens of attainment’ would be ‘even more unfair’

Fears about the DfE’s new RISE model prove all players in the system need to be proactive around the challenge of school improvement, says this MAT CEO

The Scottish government must ensure ‘strong accountability’ of the new bodies and a ‘more coherent vision’ for education reform, say MSPs