Nov 30 2025 | News
Special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) funding will no longer be the responsibility of local authorities, and will instead be taken on by the government from 2028. This was revealed in last week’s Budget, although there were minimal details as to how this...
Nov 23 2025 | News
The government has announced an increase in the level of funding for free breakfast clubs in schools, as it launched the next application window for schools to join the programme. The per child funding rate for mainstream schools will rise to £1 (up from 60p). Schools...
Nov 16 2025 | News
New analysis by the National Foundation for Educational Research (NFER) has highlighted the uneven distribution of pupils with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) across mainstream schools in England. The NFER report, funded by the Nuffield Foundation,...
Nov 9 2025 | News
The Curriculum and Assessment Review received a broadly positive reception from across the education sector when it was published last week. The review, carried out by Professor Becky Francis, was welcomed by the government who have now pledged to implement some of...
Nov 2 2025 | News
The education secretary has pledged that every child in England will be learning in classrooms free of Reinforced Autoclaved Aerated Concrete (RAAC) by the end of this parliament. Bridget Phillipson said that she wanted to see the concrete, which...
