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Oct
Everything you need to know: Northumberland County Council – Special Education Needs and Disability (SEND) consultation
Background: Northumberland County Council is consulting on its Draft Strategy for Special Educational Needs and Disability (SEND), which aims to increase school place capacity to
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Oct
Everything you need to know: Northumberland County Council – Special Education Needs and Disability (SEND) consultation
Background: Northumberland County Council is consulting on its Draft Strategy for Special Educational Needs and Disability (SEND), which aims to increase school place capacity to
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Oct
Trainee teachers don't understand safeguarding role, says Ofsted
Inspectors find that trainees are unclear about their safeguarding responsibilities toward children. Trainee teachers are not being made fully aware of their future role in
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Oct
'Alarming' number of schools accused of unofficially excluding SEND pupils
In an Ofsted report released this week, figures show that an ‘alarming’ number of schools are using unofficial exclusions as a way to deal with pupils with special educational
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Oct
Exam pressure fuels rise in Childline calls about mental health
In the Childline annual review released this week, figures show that more than a fifth – 22 per cent – of the almost 300,000 young people whom it counselled in 2016-2017 were
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Oct
Teacher apprentices will be paid on unqualified scale
Trainee teachers on a new postgraduate teaching apprenticeship will be guaranteed an unqualified teacher’s salary, the government has announced. The Department for Education
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