Ofsted finds ‘systemic failings’ in local authority provision, raising serious questions about Department for Education’s wider bail-out deals.  The impact of the government’s ‘safety valve’ agreements has been called into question after a damning report by Ofsted on the SEND provision offered by one of the first local authorities to take part in the scheme.  … Continue reading The cost of safety valve: ‘widespread’ failing in Bury SEND provision