This is such an important article. For years, school leaders have been saying they’ve had to offset funding gaps in health & care provision for SEND pupils from the school budget.
For years, it’s been clear this is unsustainable.
What’s the incentive to be inclusive if it risks financial disaster?
Schools frequently say that higher levels of SEND and FSM cause bigger financial pressures - a new analysis from @jabedahmed.bsky.social provides evidence for that: deficits in financially struggling trusts are almost 75 per cent bigger in those serving those cohorts
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GEMS Education is set to open a new international school in Zanzibar – part of a wider plan for rapid global growth, GEMS School Management chief executive Robert Tarn tells @dan-worth.bsky.social
This is such a beautiful piece on what it means to be “different” and how we should be locating the problem in the environment and the system, not in the child
Tes analysis sparks calls for reform of funding and accountability systems to better support academy trusts with high numbers of vulnerable pupils
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GEMS School Management, the advisory arm of GEMS Education, is set to be contracted for 10 schools in nine different countries within its first 10 months of operation, CEO Rob Tarn tells Tes
Schools frequently say that higher levels of SEND and FSM cause bigger financial pressures - a new analysis from @jabedahmed.bsky.social provides evidence for that: deficits in financially struggling trusts are almost 75 per cent bigger in those serving those cohorts
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Rob Williams
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Jon Severs
Ellie Harris
"A child isn’t born with SEND. They aren’t born knowing that they don’t fit," says the writer. "This is something they learn; something that they’re taught."
This piece is one of the most beautiful mediations on SEND I have read.
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Tes analysis sparks calls for reform of funding and accountability systems to better support academy trusts with high numbers of vulnerable pupils
A decade of working in alternative provision led this teacher to question the usefulness of labels and the benefits of having his autistic son diagnosed
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"It’s important that I tell my children how much I love my work because they will need to understand why that work takes time away from them. I also want to show them that work can be a passion and not just an income."
@samgibbs.bsky.social with our June 'How I Lead'
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➡️ How to create a better reader (hint: hard texts matter)
"Practice is important, but what you’re practising makes a big difference"
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In our How I Lead series, we ask education leaders to reflect on their careers, their experience and their leadership philosophy. This month we talk to Sam Gibbs, curriculum and development lead at Gr...
The curriculum review has sparked debate about which texts we should make space for in our classrooms, but how far does text choice really matter for improving reading? Tes speaks to US literacy resea...
This is great. I recently completed an assessment for my daughter and found myself wondering why I was filljng in a form that locates deficits in her and not the system she has been in.
Fewer assessments, rather than shorter exams, the answer to reducing the burden? Tes analysis shows most schools already avoid the longest GCSE assessments. @ascl-uk.bsky.social says fewer papers, not “tinkering”, is the better solution. @tesmagazine.bsky.social
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"A child isn’t born with SEND. They aren’t born knowing that they don’t fit," says the writer. "This is something they learn; something that they’re taught."
This piece is one of the most beautiful mediations on SEND I have read.
www.tes.com/magazine/ana...
"A child isn’t born with SEND. They aren’t born knowing that they don’t fit," says the writer. "This is something they learn; something that they’re taught."
This piece is one of the most beautiful mediations on SEND I have read.
www.tes.com/magazine/ana...
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Ofqual says schools can cut exam times by choosing different awarding bodies, but Tes analysis reveals that, in most cases, this isn't an option – and school leaders are now calling for the number of ...
A decade of working in alternative provision led this teacher to question the usefulness of labels and the benefits of having his autistic son diagnosed
A decade of working in alternative provision led this teacher to question the usefulness of labels and the benefits of having his autistic son diagnosed
"A child isn’t born with SEND. They aren’t born knowing that they don’t fit," says the writer. "This is something they learn; something that they’re taught."
This piece is one of the most beautiful mediations on SEND I have read.
www.tes.com/magazine/ana...
Mr D Brian
Kyle Tormey
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A decade of working in alternative provision led this teacher to question the usefulness of labels and the benefits of having his autistic son diagnosed
