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The scale of England’s special educational needs crisis

A group of MPs has delivered a blistering verdict on the state special educational needs in England. In a new report, the public accounts committee call the system “unaffordable” and warn that the Department for Education (DfE) “risks a lost generation of children leaving school without receiving the help they…

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More pupils in England off school after Christmas break than last year – figures

It comes as parents face higher fines this academic year if they take their children out of class without permission.

Evening Standard

AI ‘biggest thing to hit education in 100 years’, historian says

Sir Anthony Seldon praised Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson’s speech about technology on Wednesday.

The Independent UK

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Using technology in schools can tackle absences and staff shortages – Phillipson

The Education Secretary has set out plans to use technology as a ‘positive, radical, modernising force’ in the education system.

Evening Standard

Phillipson to set out plans to use technology to ‘modernise’ education system

The Education Secretary is due to announce that tech firms have helped develop a set of expectations which AI tools should meet to be classroom safe.

Evening Standard

Crackdown on suppliers after firm made £13m on not-for-profit UK visa services

Top civil servant makes assurances to MPs after Guardian exposed profits made by Ecctis Ltd

The Guardian - UK

State school pupils in England may have to drop GCSE Latin after funding pulled

DfE urged to delay ending funding of popular programme so that hundreds of students can complete their courses

The Guardian - UK

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Teaching union to launch indicative ballot of members over pay

Members of the National Education Union will be asked if they would be willing to take industrial action over the Government’s proposed pay offer.

The Independent UK

Number of pupils in England off school increased ahead of Christmas holidays

The absence rate was 9.5% in the last week of the autumn term, the Department for Education figures suggest.

Evening Standard

Number of pupils off school around Christmas rises despite new rules

The Department for Education said other actions, such as a parenting order or prosecution, are being considered

The Independent UK

Firm led by ex-UK envoy on ethics made £13m on not-for-profit visa services

Cloud Bai-Yun was asked to resign from Ecctis, which runs language and qualifications tests for UK visa applicants

The Guardian - UK

Rundown schools risk ‘irreparable’ harm to pupils, UK children’s laureate says

Exclusive: Frank Cottrell-Boyce says Conservative funding freeze over 14 years has created ‘enormous’ equality gap

The Guardian - UK

Safety checks ordered amid concern over thousands of postwar school buildings in England

Exclusive: Full structural surveys to be carried out on representative sample of about 100 system-built blocks

The Guardian - UK

‘Authoritarian and heavy-handed’: call for investigation into vetting of experts by UK civil servants

Speakers banned after criticising government in social media posts

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‘Our school has been homeless for two years’: a rotting Cumbria school counts the cost

Pupils at Sacred Heart Catholic school in Barrow-in-Furness are in temporary classrooms and education is suffering

The Guardian - UK

‘Why should I study Russian?’ Ukraine lobbies UK to introduce Ukrainian GCSE

About 34,000 Ukrainian children have fled to UK since Russian invasion – yet are unable to study their mother tongue

The Guardian - UK

£100m spent in England on failed efforts to block children’s Send support

Exclusive: Councils win just 1.2% of tribunals, as experts see signs provision is becoming a battle with desperate families

The Guardian - UK

Teachers should be allowed more flexible working, Bridget Phillipson says

Education secretary says move to marking and preparation out of classroom would help stem retention crisis

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The Independent UK

Labour’s new bill for children: What parents need to know

Changes to homeschooling and academies come in Labour’s landmark bill

The Independent UK

£75m expansion fund for extra childcare places ahead of full rollout

But early years providers have warned that they could be forced to close as a result of national insurance and minimum wage rises in the Budget.

The Guardian - UK

Top London academies face mass claims of emotional harm as Whitehall acts on crisis

Government says allegations ‘deeply distressing’ as dossier of allegations grows in wake of Observer investigation into Mossbourne schools

The Independent UK

Primary school teacher trainee numbers have fallen, Government figures show

Labour’s manifesto pledge to recruit 6,500 new teachers may be difficult to achieve, education experts have warned.

The Independent UK

Hundreds of thousands of children in England may be ‘missing’ education – report

The Government should require schools to record reasons for removing pupils from their rolls, the Education Policy Institute think tank has said.

The Independent UK

Families to get 30 minutes of free childcare with school breakfast clubs trial

State primary schools in England can apply to join the trial before the Government’s national rollout of funded breakfast clubs.

The Independent UK

Number of school suspensions in England has nearly doubled after pandemic

The rise comes amid warnings of more challenging behaviour in classrooms after Covid-19.

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