Education

By Paul Marinko | 05 December 2024

Cheshire East Council’s interim executive director of children’s services has revealed that the N...

SEND

SEND policy is a major failure

By Cllr Kate Gregory | 18 November 2024

The present SEND system is unsustainable across the country and immediate and comprehensive refor...

CHILDREN'S SERVICES

NAO: Councils face bankruptcy due to SEND deficits

By William Eichler | 24 October 2024

Two-fifths of local authorities will face the threat of bankruptcy if more is not done to tackle ...

WALES

Welsh councils facing £559m budget pressure

By Paul Marinko | 11 October 2024

Welsh councils face budget pressures of around £559m next year, the sector’s umbrella organisatio...

REGENERATION

Councils work to manage impact from collapse of major contractor

By Paul Marinko | 23 September 2024

Councils across England and Wales are working to manage the impact to a string of major infrastru...

CHILDREN'S SERVICES

Council issued SEND improvement notice for 'widespread failings'

By Martin Ford | 28 August 2024

An improvement notice has been issued to Suffolk CC’s services for children with special educatio...

CLIMATE CHANGE

School sustainability: a vision to protect the planet

By Cllr John Howson | 09 July 2024

Cllr John Howson outlines the action schools in Oxfordshire, working in partnership, are taking ...

LIVERPOOL CITY COUNCIL

Liverpool's free school meals success story

By Jose Bachoir | 09 July 2024

Jose Bachoir looks at a successful scheme in Liverpool for the swift delivery of funds for the fr...

Levelling up progress 'glacial', think-tank says

By William Eichler | 19 June 2024

Progress on levelling up in England has been ‘glacial’ and – according to some metrics – inequali...

EDUCATION

Councils looking after record 576,000 children with SEND

By William Eichler | 13 June 2024

Councils are looking after record numbers of children and young people with special educational n...

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