The government's flagship changes to special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) in England are facing growing pressure because parents are rushing to secure support for their children before the system changes, new analysis by the Institute for Government has found. Calling on ministers to review the timetable for their changes, the think tank says plans to largely replace education, health and care plans (EHCPs) in England with more widespread support in mainstream schools may be too optimistic and take longer to complete than its 2030 timeline. By Richard Adams, The Guardian. 

The potential for negotiation over Ofsted has been "exhausted", Pepe Di'Iasio, general secretary of the Association of School and College Leaders (ASCL), has warned. Mr Di'Iasio said the union's council will meet to discuss the inspectorate's "lack of progress in addressing continuing concerns over the damage to wellbeing caused by inspections". It comes after a coalition of school sector voices warned Lucy Powell, the education secretary, last week that inspection is causing "psychological harm" to the sector. By Cerys Turner, Tes. 

Thousands of teenagers have been arrested and schools disrupted in France during a wave of youth-led protests over the past two weeks. Tes explores the factors behind the unrest and whether similar demonstrations could emerge in England, with experts arguing that while localised protests are possible, a comparable nationwide movement is unlikely. By Jasmine Norden.

The international expansion of UK independent schools was among the issues discussed at last week's HMC (The Heads' Conference) annual conference. In an article for Tes, Mark Leppard MBE, headmaster of The British School Al Khubairat in the United Arab Emirates, reflects on the history of pioneering British schools established abroad while highlighting the distinction between long-established not-for-profit international schools and newer overseas campuses opened by UK independent schools including Brighton College, Harrow School, Epsom College, Dulwich College, Rugby School, Cranleigh School, and Repton School. Schools pursuing international expansion, whether for-profit or not, have "expanded educational access for hundreds of thousands of children worldwide", he says, before concluding: "However the world changes, they will continue to educate for centuries more to come."

Caroline Jordan, head of Headington School Oxford, has won the Lifetime Achievement Award at the Tatler School Awards, recognising her contribution to education over a career spanning more than 30 years. "I will truly miss the warm and ambitious communities I have found in girls' schools and will continue to watch them with great affection when I retire next summer. For now, I am going to enjoy every moment," she said. A number of schools in membership of the Independent Schools Council's (ISC) constituent associations are mentioned in Tatler as winners of awards in other categories. By Alexandra Carter, Oxford Mail.

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