More children and young people with SEND will get specialist support without needing a diagnosis, as the government begins rolling out a new Experts at Hand service across England backed by new £1.8 billion investment.

We're making it easier for children to get specialist support in schools, early years and post-16 settings. 

Research comes amid a rise in the volume and complexity of complaints faced by schools, including an increase in AI-written grievances.

Around 23,000 people have signed a petition calling for ‘unusally difficult’ exam to be reviewed, but Pearson Edexcel says the paper was ‘rigorously checked’.

DfE advice seeks to allay fears that severe shortages of staff such as educational psychologists will put the brakes on its Experts at Hand service, on same day as it reveals members of key SEND panel.

EIS teaching union sees more in-service days as crucial in helping teachers to adapt to the Curriculum Improvement Cycle.