Mark Richardson

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How specialist flexibility could unlock mainstream inclusion Special schools enjoy curriculum and assessment flexibilities that are vital for truly inclusive practice

👐 'To achieve a future where inclusive education is the standard, not the exception, we need to remove the barriers that have traditionally constrained our thinking'

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Special school leaders fear the government’s plans to ensure all teachers have qualified teacher status (QTS) could limit the curriculum and worsen the recruitment crisis

1/ DfE have published updated guidance on Alternative Provision in line with current policies and with particular updates for ‘in-school AP’ and ‘unregistered AP’. gov.uk/government/p...

2024 in review: Support must follow growing demand for AP Alternative Provision's profile has grown in tandem with demand for spaces - but barriers persist

We turn to AP, and although it's been the centre of attention a lot this year, Charlotte Barton points to some real challenges in making good policy on inclusion

🚧 'Many policy makers simply aren’t aware of the role AP actually plays. This needs to change'

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@tftimemachine.bsky.social excitement levels high to see @andydawson.bsky.social and @delaneyman.bsky.social in April …all I want for Christmas is to see these pod legends again

“No manager could wish for a greater leader or a greater player. If I was in the trenches at the front line, the man I would want on my right side is Billy Bremner.”

- Don Revie

On This Day: In 1942, Leeds United’s greatest ever captain Billy Bremner was born. #LUFC

What’s behind the rise in suspensions, and how to solve it What can we learn from leaders who have got suspensions under control?

Record school suspensions and exclusions show the system is 'teetering on the brink of collapse', one leader has said, as a post-Covid tidal wave of problems overwhelms schools.

But which schools are excluding the most pupils, and why? Schools Week investigates...

Special schools threaten to sue council over inclusion plans Mainstream schools in Kent are to be more inclusive and high-needs spending brought under control

Exclusive: Special schools have threatened England’s largest council with legal action unless a proposed new inclusion strategy that they say will 'harm' pupil outcomes and 'dismantle' successful provision is ditched

Schools' rising costs likely to outstrip budget cash boost DfE says more than half of the expected per-pupil uplift will have to cover this year's teacher pay rise

💸 Schools’ rising costs will likely outstrip extra funding allocated at the budget, new analysis suggests, after last year’s pay rise eats up more than half of the additional cash

Suspensions up 40% as exclusions rise by a quarter DfE says 'there are more pupils being suspended, and more frequently'

Breaking: Suspensions of pupils from school soared by 40 per cent last autumn, with permanent exclusions also up 25 per cent

Leader stress 'chronic and acute' as pupil behaviour worsens Education Support warns of 'disturbingly high rates of stress, anxiety, and burnout' among school staff

School staff have reported an increase in disruptive behaviour and abuse from pupils and their families, while leader stress remains 'chronic and acute' despite improvements in workplace culture, finds the latest @edsupportuk.bsky.social report

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SEND: 7 things we learned from DfE officials at PAC Senior civil servants were quizzed on the crisis hit SEND system, after a damning report by the NAO

📝 The last government's plan to improve the SEND system 'didn't go far enough', a senior Department for Education official has said. Here's what we learned from the public accounts committee hearing on SEND...