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Government had been expected to set out SEND reform plans this autumn – but the education secretary says it is important to ‘take the time to listen and get it right’

The messages were sent to a councillor and related to Glasgow’s 2024-25 budget which contained plans to cut £27.8 million from education over three years

Trust leader Dr Ogden is also a RISE adviser and on the panel of the curriculum and assessment review

Ofsted’s expectation that schools provide a graded self-evaluation using its new five-point scale has sparked warnings from heads’ leaders

The former prime minister gives evidence to the Covid inquiry on decisions made about schools during the crisis

Report warns that vast sums of money are being ‘wasted’, with almost four in 10 teachers saying CPD has not clearly improved their ability to do the job

Watchdog’s national education director also tells the Schools North East summit that Ofsted is in talks with the DfE about concerns over the inspection of inclusion

The chief inspector, speaking at the Confederation of School Trusts conference, rejects the idea that Ofsted has not considered headteachers’ wellbeing in developing its new inspections

The introduction of inspections for trusts should not discourage them from taking on struggling schools, argues the MAT sector body

Sector leaders voice concerns that the government’s first wave of behaviour and attendance hubs includes only mainstream settings

Free school meals eligibility is ‘no longer fit for purpose’ as a measure of pupil deprivation, EPI report warns

But England’s largest education union warns against ‘tutoring on a shoestring’ and says many disadvantaged students need direct contact with teachers