The DfE has now set out how it wants SEND inclusion bases to be run in a reformed mainstream school system. But Tes’ SEND and inclusion editor, John Roberts, says the guidance doesn’t allay leaders’ concerns about what comes next.

A quarter of schools closed early this week as the UK had its hottest June day on record – with leaders calling for urgent action to cool classrooms.

Guidance reveals detailed plans for support and specialist inclusion bases in schools – but heads’ leaders fear the funding falls short.

Almost a fifth of children missed lessons this week as temperatures soared to record highs – with attendance rates plummeting even further in some areas.

Teachers at the centre of baseless misconduct probes will no longer have their details kept on file and “hanging over” their working lives for decades.

Twenty-five struggling schools in a London borough racked up over £5 million in overdraft bills, it has emerged.