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16 May 2026

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Samantha Booth

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Revealed: DfE’s secret plan to cut special school expansion

Documents reveal how councils' deficit plans will get top ratings for avoiding expanding specialist provision

Samantha Booth

13 Mar 2026 | Inclusion
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SEND: MPs’ warning over home-to-school transport costs

The public accounts committee identifies 'glaring' unanswered questions on transport costs, predicted to ...

Samantha Booth

6 Mar 2026 | Inclusion
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Ofqual boss hears pupils’ confessions on AI

'It’s getting harder and harder to detect it,' warns Sir Ian Bauckham

Samantha Booth

5 Mar 2026 | Assessment
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Allergy guidance: What schools need to know

Proposed statutory guidance says all schools should stock spare allergy pens

Samantha Booth

5 Mar 2026 | Inclusion
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David Bell to lead independent review on antisemitism in schools

School leaders have welcomed any support in tackling the issue

Samantha Booth

4 Mar 2026 | Inclusion
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DfE eyes private special school veto

Phillipson set to have powers to stop independent special schools opening or expanding where there's ...

Samantha Booth

2 Mar 2026 | Schools white paper
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Minister’s rallying cry for expert SEND staff to return

Georgia Gould pledged staff like educational psychologists will be in classrooms under new 'experts at ...

Samantha Booth

27 Feb 2026 | Schools white paper
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Schools in ‘eye of the storm’ of SEND complaints

Schools will have a legal duty to create digital individual support plans for all children with additional needs

Samantha Booth

27 Feb 2026 | Schools white paper
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Kevan Collins to be Phillipson’s SEND delivery adviser

Collins, already a senior DfE figure, will focus on white paper roll-out and reviewing how DfE 'engages ...

Samantha Booth

25 Feb 2026 | Schools white paper
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Schools white paper: The key SEND reform policies

DfE documents finally flesh out proposed 'layered' approach

Samantha Booth

23 Feb 2026 | Schools white paper