The government doesn't know how many informal inclusion bases are in schools already, and existing formal resourced provision paid for by local authorities has not been a factor in how funding has been arranged to create more specialist places ⬇️ www.tes.com/magazine/new...

The average sized primary school will get £14k next year through the government's new fund to bolster mainstream inclusion. www.tes.com/magazine/new...

"Nobody in that school or my primary school knew that there was a lot more going on for me than the death of my Dad." Hidden trauma and the challenge of helping those who do not seem to need help. A powerful, difficult, deeply personal read www.tes.com/magazine/ana...

#UkEd #Edusky More of this please. 😍 Thanks Jon

"A teenage-focused doomerism has firmly established itself as a mainstream narrative in the UK" The @tes leader on talking down teens - and why that forces schools into a difficult choice. email.tes.com/t/cr/AQiOjhA...

The barriers to Labour's aim of getting all schools into trusts are multiple - @jabedahmed.bsky.social has published a superb analysis of those barriers and the ways in which they may be tackled. You don't get this kind of insight anywhere but @tesmagazine.bsky.social www.tes.com/magazine/new...

▶️ Ofsted: Disadvantaged schools more likely to be graded down on achievement Big Ofsted investigation here from @cerysturner.bsky.social that puts Sir Martyn's comments at ASCL into an interesting context www.tes.com/magazine/new...

The New Schools Network is starting an Innovation Pilot Programme to fund schools and organisations to test approaches to tackle barriers to education. Its director, Meg Powell-Chandler, explains all

Inner-city approaches to improve student outcomes cannot simply be lifted and shifted to the coast – but it’s just as important we get it right for generations to come, says trust CEO Seamus Murphy

While most secondary schools require students to wear blazers, nearly half of teachers would prefer young people to wear ‘joggers and a polo’ or no uniform, exclusive polling reveals

A new approach to teaching vocabulary has massively improved Sats scores at one Leicester primary, according to its headteacher: @ellencph.bsky.social hears how the Starling system works

"All of us who return from maternity leave seem to be wrestling with the same impossible standards: trying to work as if we don’t have children and trying to parent like we don’t have a career." ▶️How teaching created a maternity leave return trap www.tes.com/magazine/ana...

"The language used to describe these bases is revealing. A 'safe space away from busy classrooms' prompts an uncomfortable question: safe from what, and from whom?" An interesting challenge in this piece below.

The chief executive of The Education Alliance multi-academy trust has announced he is stepping down after six years in the job

Sir Martyn Oliver will not ‘downplay the disappointing outcomes’ in Ofsted’s grading of disadvantaged schools, he will tell leaders at @ascl-uk.bsky.social conference today

Exclusive: Councils have been warned they face ‘heightened scrutiny’ over SEND reforms, and that those found to be failing could have services taken off them, in a hard-hitting letter from government ministers, seen by Tes

A few months back, I started looking in detail at the responsibility on schools to focus on reading for pleasure. Despite a decade of it being pushed in schools more and more, young people are reading for pleasure less and less. What is going on? www.tes.com/magazine/tea...

@tesmagazine.bsky.social Our recent interview with professor Uta Frith on autism has generated a lot of discussion. Dr Sue Franklin has written a response arguing what she thinks Frith got wrong - but also where her challenge to the status quo was welcome. www.tes.com/magazine/ana...

This survey outlines the scale of the challenges around retention of teachers and what is driving increasing workload

While Dr Sue Franklin welcomes the challenge to the concept of an autism spectrum by Professor Uta Frith in a recent Tes interview, she argues that the model Frith uses is wrong and that her ideas could be harmful for autistic girls

"Arguably, setting only really benefits the teacher. It’s uncomfortable to say that out loud, but we should be prepared to think about it honestly." A very interesting 'What If' for March from David Hatchett... www.tes.com/magazine/lea...

The deadline for the Tes Schools Awards has been extended to the 13 March! An amazing (free to enter) chance to celebrate and share your school or trust success - with loads of different categories. Best of luck to all who enter! www.tes.com/schools-awar...

Excl: Gov't pledge to build libraries in all primary schools by the end of this Parliament may include converting “storage” areas such as cloakrooms and corridors. Treasury previously committed over £10m in funding, now rising to £12.5m. @tesmagazine.bsky.social www.tes.com/magazine/new...

School leaders have warned that the government proposals for funding mainstream inclusion are “extremely unrealistic” and risk there not being enough provision to meet demand. @jabedahmed.bsky.social with the full analysis below www.tes.com/magazine/new...

Fascinating interview with @utafrith.bsky.social www.tes.com/magazine/tea...

Autism researcher Uta Frith no longer believes that autism is a spectrum. "Because of various cultural factors, the spectrum has gone on being more and more accommodating," she says. "And I think now it has come to its collapse." Really interesting interview: www.tes.com/magazine/tea...

"We’re all neurodiverse; we can accept this because all our brains are different. But it makes a medical diagnosis completely meaningless." Blockbuster interview with Professor Frith, and hugely significant in the context of the DfE's proposed SEND 'evidence base' for interventions.

"I’ve been quite swept up by the autism spectrum idea, and it’s only in the past 10 years or so that I have felt things have gone too far, and very slowly I have come to say, 'No, this is not right'" Autism expert professor Uta Frith talks to @helen-amass.bsky.social www.tes.com/magazine/tea...

Excl: DfE warned that workforce shortages could affect delivery of its £1.8bn “experts at hand” SEND plan by 2028. Professional bodies welcome the investment, but raise doubts on timeline of delivery. @tesmagazine.bsky.social www.tes.com/magazine/new...

"I didn’t have a father at home, but I did have great male role models elsewhere. They were really important." Really good piece for How I Lead from @john-camp.bsky.social on everything from poverty to control, and from rewards in schools to escaping to Wales www.tes.com/magazine/lea...

This is an important part of the reforms, not just getting expertise where it is needed more easily, but also from the point of view of building collective responsibility, with specialist settings & mainstream working in partnership as a community of schools serving a community of children.

"over the past five years, the average annual conversion rate was only 487. Based on this rate, full academisation would not occur until 2048" Superb analysis here from @jabedahmed.bsky.social on Labour's all-schools-in-trusts pledge www.tes.com/magazine/new...

A very useful White Paper timeline here from the @tesmagazine.bsky.social team and our awesome designer Nige!

Plans to introduce statutory ISPs for all SEND pupils have raised questions about workload pressures for SENDCOs and the potential for heightened tension between schools and families. @johngroberts.bsky.social @tesmagazine.bsky.social

At least two local authorities are already looking at establishing their own multi-academy trusts under plans set out in the government’s schools White Paper. By @cerysturner.bsky.social www.tes.com/magazine/new...

Few people have as much expertise and policy knowledge of SEND than @johngroberts.bsky.social - @tesmagazine.bsky.social SEND and Inclusion Editor. This piece on the SEND reforms is critical reading for all and the very personal final section is incredibly important www.tes.com/magazine/ana...

"schools need to consider whether the push for accessible levelled reading choices is exacerbating the problem every primary teacher is ultimately trying to solve: helping their struggling readers to find reading easier" Is it time to ban banded books? www.tes.com/magazine/tea...

I wonder what the ‘experts at hand’ will look like/how it will be organised, and will this mean a mishmash or a complete reorganisation

If you take the time to sit down with the White Paper or the SEND consultation document, it may seem minor but the writing is appalling. Not just grammar mistakes, but sentences that just don't make sense. I mean, look at the section below. Clear communication really does matter.

“the move away from EHCPs towards school-led plans raises my concerns about potential increased pressure on already stretched mainstream schools” The sector reacts to the Schools White Paper and SEND reforms: a really comprehensive overview here www.tes.com/magazine/ana...

The government is proposing new tiers of support for pupils with SEND who do not have an EHCP. But what will that look like? ➡️ Read our full explainer on the SEND reforms: www.tes.com/magazine/new...

So we finally have the White Paper and SEND documents - @tesmagazine.bsky.social has all you need to know. First, the SEND reform proposals - including EHCP restrictions/standardisation and new individual plans for schools to create - from @johngroberts.bsky.social www.tes.com/magazine/new...

Definitely a very minor point, but 'Every child achieving and thriving" joins the long list of really bad WP titles. They all read like a set of instructions from a flatpack. Is achieving not part of thriving?!

So we finally have the White Paper and SEND documents - @tesmagazine.bsky.social has all you need to know. First, the SEND reform proposals - including EHCP restrictions/standardisation and new individual plans for schools to create - from @johngroberts.bsky.social www.tes.com/magazine/new...

"Ministers need to prove to the sector that they believe these proposals are the right ones, and not just the proposals they were forced to make" The White Paper and Send reform plans finally arrive today. Here's my view from this morning's Tes email. email.tes.com/t/cr/AQiOjhA...

Schools will get access to a new £1.6bn inclusion fund and a bank of specialists in their local area, the government announced tonight, as part of a £4bn spending plan for SEND reform

The government is expected to set out that all schools should be part of a trust in its White Paper on Monday, @tesmagazine.bsky.social understands. It has tonight revealed key other details it will propose. Story below. www.tes.com/magazine/new...

The government is expected to set out that all schools should be part of a trust in its White Paper on Monday, @tesmagazine.bsky.social understands. It has tonight revealed key other details it will propose. Story below. www.tes.com/magazine/new...

'Policy announcement by leak has created the worst of all worlds' @warrencarratt.bsky.social on how a week of SEND reform leaks have likely caused entrenchment - and indicate a worrying narrative for the path ahead. www.tes.com/magazine/ana...

Fully agree with Jon on this. The ink is more than dry on the white paper. If you’re ready to announce the headlines, be ready to give the details