Vulnerable children expelled from mainstream schools are at risk of being “preyed upon” because of worryingly poor attendance at the specialist institutions tasked with teaching
Gavin Williamson could be set to announce plans for GCSE students in England to be told their exam topics in advance and marked more generously in the wake
Thousands of children with special educational needs were only offered support after they were excluded from school, the BBC has learned. A Freedom of Information
Parents are being forced to deregister their children from school and home-educate or else face fines and prosecution for non-attendance after keeping them out of
The coronavirus pandemic could be fuelling an increase in the number of children moving out of full-time schooling, town hall bosses warn. The Local Government
The plight of children with special educational needs (SEND) and disabilities during coronavirus restrictions has left exhausted parents feeling ‘abandoned’ without access to lifeline services.
For Jen Smith, the autumn term started, as always, with the prospect of managing the delicate process of her children’s school attendance. Both autistic, they
The number of children in state care is thought to have passed 100,000 for the first time. The rise is because of police fears over
School pupils in England should take rigorous externally set assessment tests in the place of mock exams next spring, in order to provide a back-up grade for
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