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School suspensions high despite lockdown

05/08/202105/08/2021 Piers Meyler 0 Comments education, Lord Adonis, news, pupils, schools, suspension

Almost 8,000 children were suspended from school in 2019/2020 – despite lockdown restrictions severely limiting numbers able to be taught

An investigation into SEND services in Southend is likely to have cross party support (Stock photo)

Independent probe of SEND provision in Southend

23/07/202123/07/2021 Christine Sexton 0 Comments Cllr Tony Cox, education, news, SEND, Southend Council

Parents in Southend are too terrified of “having their children taken away” to speak out about their problems at home,

Headteachers bemoan pupils’ lost skills during lockdown

21/07/202121/07/2021 Victoria Munro education, headteachers, news, schools, Waltham Forest

Waltham Forest headteachers say children have “lost the skill of using a pen” and “forgotten how to be kind to

The total cost of compensating underpaid staff is estimated at £1.8million

Waltham Forest schools staff underpaid for more than five years

09/07/202109/07/2021 Victoria Munro Cllr Clyde Loakes, news, schools, staff, underpaid, Waltham Forest Council

Term-time staff in Waltham Forest’s mainstream schools are owed more than £1million after being underpaid for more than five years.

Redbridge Council aims to stop new schools plans after sharp drop in pupil numbers

08/07/202108/07/2021 Victoria Munro Colin Stewart, education, Ilford, news, pupils, Redbridge Council, schools

Redbridge Council wants to halt plans for two new schools in the borough as a sharp drop in pupils threatens

Artist's impression of the new school (HLM Architects)

SEND school plan for Romford

06/07/202106/07/2021 Victoria Munro education, Havering Council, news, Romford, SEND, St Edward's Academy, Unity Schools Partnership

A Romford secondary school hopes to open a new school for children with special education needs and disabilities (SEND) on

Parents campaign for SEND investigation

Call for independent investigation into special education needs provision in Southend

05/07/202105/07/2021 Christine Sexton campaign, Cllr Ron Woodley, Cllr Tony Cox, educatin, news, SEND, Southend Council, special education needs

Southend Tories have called for an independent probe into care and support for children with special educational needs following a

Rise in number of children slipping through mainstream education net

02/07/202101/07/2021 Piers Meyler education, Essex County Council, LGA, news, school

The number of children ‘missing from school’ in Essex since the COVID-19 pandemic began is almost double compared to three

Head boy Louis Barnard, headteacher Neil Frost, local MP and former pupil Andrew Rosindell, deputy head boy Hussain Ehthisham, Mark Whinney, senior contracts manager, Barnes Construction, cabinet member for education, children and families Cllr Robert Benham and assistant director of education, Trevor Cook

New classrooms open following £6.3million Marshalls Park Academy extension in Romford

29/06/202129/06/2021 Mick Ferris Cllr Robert Benham, Havering Council, Marshalls PArk Academy, Neil Frost, news, Romford

Work on a new £6.3 million extension to Marshalls Park Academy in Romford has been completed. The expansion is part

Havering schools count the cost of special needs inclusion

20/06/202118/06/2021 Victoria Munro Corbets Tey, Crowlands Primary, education, funding, Havering Council, inclusion, news, Newtons primary, schools, SEND, special needs, St Edward's Primary, Suttons Primary, Trevor Cook

Havering schools that accept children with special needs are finding “inclusion does not pay”, the Havering Schools Funding Forum heard

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