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- ‘Powerful example’: minister looks to Essex school for blueprint to transform Send provision September 6, 2026Georgia Gould says moving system towards inclusion will mean parents ‘don’t need to fight’ for support in futurePupils with Send plans in England likely to double in rush for supportGeorgia Gould is in a race against time. And the minister responsible for overhauling England’s special educational needs provision is hoping that a state school in […]Richard Adams Education editor
- Pupils with Send plans in England likely to double to one in 10 in rush for support September 6, 2026Schools and councils express financial concerns as EHCP applications surge before potential change in provision‘Powerful example’: minister looks to Essex school for blueprint to transform Send provisionSchools and councils across England are expecting the proportion of children with special needs plans to double to one in 10, with families rushing to secure support before ministers […]Richard Adams Education editor
- Aged 41, I’m back at my secondary school – but this time they’ve let me in the staffroom | Nell Frizzell September 6, 2026I’m one of many creatives turning to teaching mid-career, but that’s no bad thing. I’m thrilled by the prospectYou know those dreams when you’re back at school? And you’re sitting at a desk reading a GCSE exam paper? Only you don’t recognise anyone around you? Well, I am living that dream. Because, at the age […]Nell Frizzell
- The student loan scam looking to dupe already anxious students September 6, 2026Scammers hope to siphon off some of the £2.6bn in student maintenance funds paid out each SeptemberYou are about to start university and can’t wait but then you receive a worrying text message. It is a few days before the first student loan payment is due to land in your account and apparently someone has […]Shane Hickey
- ‘Bold, brilliant, thrilling’: leading authors on the novels every school should teach September 5, 2026A new term, a new PM … time for a new English curriculum? We ask writers from Ben Okri to Samantha Harvey to pick books that will inspire a lifelong love of readingFor the first time ever, we have a British prime minister who studied for an English degree. Not all of his 58 predecessors […]Kate Mosse
- All eyes on Saxony-Anhalt – what will AfD do if it wins German state poll? September 5, 2026Sunday’s election could bring in Germany’s first far-right state government since the Nazi eraGermany is embarking on a crucial election period this month, with three key state polls that could markedly change the political terrain and make life decidedly harder for the federal government under the chancellor, Friedrich Merz.All eyes are on Saxony-Anhalt on Sunday, […]Kate Connolly in Berlin
- Cambridge University asks former chief crown prosecutor to open Arday review September 4, 2026Nazir Afzal to focus in review’s first stage on support given to professor in immediate period before his deathThe University of Cambridge has asked Nazir Afzal, a former chief crown prosecutor for north-west England, to lead the first part of its review into the death of the scholar Jason Arday.Arday died at his home in […]Richard Adams Education editor
- The Guardian view on music and drama education: reversing elitism starts at school | Editorial September 4, 2026The number of students taking creative subjects at A-level and GCSE is at a record low. The arts must not become the preserve of the most privilegedHow many of the young people who attended Reading and Leeds festival or a Prom this summer will be picking up a guitar or clarinet when they return to […]Editorial
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