‘Make mainstream schools more inclusive’
This comes after the Government announced an extra £700 million for supporting children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) in the Spending Round, and launched a …
education
Secondary school places crisis ‘just one year away’
Thousands of desperately needed new secondary school places have now been created by councils but parents and children still face the prospect of missing out on a place as early as next year, analysis by the LGA warns.
‘Grant entry powers to protect home educated’
The Government’s plans to introduce a compulsory register for home-educated children risk failing to protect them unless councils are given the powers to enter premises to check on them, the LGA has warned.
New measures to help vulnerable pupils
The Government has announced plans to improve the education of disadvantaged children after a report found they are falling behind at school.
Council schools more likely to keep ‘good’ grade
A new report commissioned by the LGA has shown schools that remain with their council are more likely to keep a ‘good’ or ‘outstanding’ Ofsted rating than those that become an academy.
LGA letter calls for apprenticeships shake-up
The LGA has called for an extension to the date by which apprenticeship levy funding should be spent, and for a shake-up of the programme to help boost the number of apprenticeships.
‘Failures of governance’ at academies – MPs
A series of high-profile academy failures has damaged children’s education, according to a critical report from MPs.