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What are EHC plans and how much is spent on them?

The plans are supposed to help children who have additional needs to thrive, but with talk of them soon being abolished - what are they? Here’s all we know...

Evening Standard

Schools and hospitals ‘not over hurdle’ of unsafe concrete, says minister

Catherine McKinnell said officials have ‘identified all the Raac’.

Evening Standard

Children with special educational needs at risk of losing school support

Thousands of pupils could be forced out of mainstream education if the government scraps education, health and care plans (EHCPs), campaigners say

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Children with special needs in England may lose legal right to school support plans

Exclusive: Schools minister declines to rule out replacing EHCP documents as part of plans to change Send system

The Guardian - UK

‘Draconian’ school policies unfairly impact ethnic minority children, MPs told

Labour MP Kim Johnson called for a public inquiry into a ‘miscarriage of justice’.

Evening Standard

Government refuses to say whether primary school Sats will be abolished

Education minister Catherine McKinnell said the final decision would be shaped by the curriculum and assessment review

Evening Standard

‘No evidence’ that Ofsted reforms will improve current system – Tories

Shadow education secretary Laura Trott said the proposed report cards system will be ‘slower and weaker’.

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Education Secretary hits back after union claims new Ofsted school rating system is confusing

Bridget Phillipson rejected the criticism of the Ofsted grading system revamp

Evening Standard

Lack of support for Send children is ‘timebomb’ for public services, MPs told

Education minister Catherine McKinnell said: ‘We desperately need to reform the system.’

Evening Standard

Stephen Flynn calls out Labour minister live on BBC for 'going after the poorest'

STEPHEN Flynn called out a Labour minister live on the BBC suggesting she was supporting a Conservative-inspired policy that “goes after the…

The National (Scotland)

The Gruffalo’s illustrator launches book to help UK pupils learn German

Axel Scheffler says he hopes Wuschel auf der Erde will encourage more children to learn his first language

The Guardian - UK

Major special educational needs reforms to come ‘in due course’ – minister

It comes after the National Audit Office found the current system is ‘financially unsustainable’.

Evening Standard

Schools urged to capitalise on Paralympics success and ensure disabled students have opportunities in PE

Teachers often feel unprepared to deliver inclusive PE due to insufficient training and support, education experts have said

Evening Standard

Record numbers of pupils in England absent for long periods, DfE data shows

Number of severely absent children was 150% higher last year than pre-Covid, with one in 50 children missing at least half of lessons

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The Guardian - UK

England homeschooling surge could become permanent, data suggests

Department for Education estimates 97,000 children were home educated in 2023 summer term, 11,000 more than previous term

The Guardian - UK

Call for ministers to be more open about finances after Rishi Sunak code breach

Standards commissioner’s ruling has set precedent, says Labour MP who first asked PM about wife’s interest in childcare agency

The Guardian - UK

Labour party membership fell by almost 25,000 in 2022, while its income rose, figures show – as it happened

The party had 407,445 members at the end of 2022, down almost 25,000 compared with 2021, annual accounts show

The Guardian - UK

Rishi Sunak’s actions over wife’s shareholdings breached MPs’ code of conduct

Parliamentary commissioner for standards says PM inadvertently broke transparency rules by failing to declare wife’s interest in firm

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North East leaders back decision to strip 'shambolic' TransPennine Express of train contract

The struggling rail operator's services will be taken under public control from May 28, the Government has announced

The Guardian - UK

Sunak declares wife’s link to childcare firm amid standards investigation

PM declares Akshata Murty’s shareholding in Koru Kids in new register of ministers’ interests

The Guardian - UK

Rishi Sunak’s wife’s stake in childcare firm not mentioned in six ministerial registers

Exclusive: No 10 urged to explain as lists of interests since 2019 do not refer to Akshata Murty’s shares

The Guardian - UK

Rishi Sunak’s alleged breach of MPs’ rules: what we know so far

PM being investigated over failure to declare wife Akshata Murty’s shareholding in childcare firm

The Guardian - UK

Parliament watchdog opens investigation into Rishi Sunak

Investigation understood to be related to PM’s links to childcare firm in which his wife is an investor

The Guardian - UK

Rishi Sunak’s childcare policy risks conflict of interest with wife’s firm

Prime minister’s failure to raise wife’s childcare agency when questioned by MPs raises concern

Evening Standard

Rishi Sunak’s wife holds shares in childcare agency buoyed by Budget

Akshata Murthy is listed as a shareholder in Koru Kids, which welcomed the double bonus for nannies who join private firms

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