According to iNews, the Government will target 55 areas with the weakest educational results in England as part of its levelling-up drive. As part of the proposals, underperforming schools could see themselves moved into academy chains. By Will Hazell.

Writing for Tes, Margaret Mulholland, the special educational needs and inclusion specialist at the Association of School and College Leaders, reflects on the contributing factors to pupil absence.

Tes outlines how reforms such as the introduction of Double Reduction regulations and the ban on the use of international curricula in China have affected British international schools. By David Mansfield.

Claire Hughes, deputy head of the University of Cambridge psychology department and its Centre for Family Research, discusses some of the biggest challenges facing parents of children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) and what schools can do to support these families. By Simon Lock, Tes.

Services for children with SEND in Manchester have been praised by government inspectors following a five-day inspection by Ofsted and the Care Quality Commission. BBC News.

Members of Scotland's biggest teaching union, EIS, have rejected the latest pay offer from local authorities and the Scottish Government by 98 per cent. By Henry Hepburn, Tes.

At least 60 schools across Scotland said they would be closed yesterday or would delay opening as a result of back-to-back storms over the weekend. By Kieran Gai, The Times.

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