Press releases

This report is right to highlight the enormous gulf between Government spending on SEND in recent years, and the amount needed to meet actual and growing demand.

This report rightly highlights the complex issues that school staff are facing, including the acute lack of SEND support for children and increasing rates of absenteeism.

Rather than ‘ready for school’, the route to improving children’s outcomes is better investment in the early years sector.

Missed targets in 2024/25 illustrate the depth of the recruitment crisis.

This swift response is a good starting point for helping schools.

The data reveals minimal change in the excessive workload and unsustainable working hours faced by our teachers and school leaders.

NEU teacher members across 32 non-academised sixth form colleges in England have taken part in today’s strike action.

Government must ensure there is support for school leaders to stay in the profession and go where they are most needed.

It’s time for the Government’s review panel to use the expertise and insight of those working so hard in our classrooms.

A reversal in suspension and exclusion figures requires bold and significant change to a system run into the ground by the previous administration.

Lack of funding for SEND and mental health specialists has real consequences.

Sixth Form Colleges Association seeks judicial review to allow additional funding for staff pay, highlighting government pay award disparities.