Media coverage

SEND reform

• The Educator: Browne Jacobson's School Leaders Survey highlights concerns with SEND reforms
• LocalGov: Most school leaders say SEND reforms will increase workload, survey finds
• Local Government Lawyer: Two thirds of school leaders don’t believe additional funding for SEND support will be enough

Parental complaints

• The Telegraph: Parents have become a teacher’s worst nightmare
• Tes: Parent complaints ‘contributing to school staff quitting’
• Headteacher Update: How to deal with AI-generated parental complaints

Media coverage

Exclusions and behaviour

• Tes: Exclusions: 1 in 3 leaders say they lack alternatives
• Children & Young People Now: Pupil exclusions and suspensions 'near all-time high'
• Government and Public Sector Journal: Browne Jacobson’s School Leaders Survey shows exclusions and suspensions at an all-time high 
• Tes: Why more exclusion decisions are going to court
• ASCL Leader Magazine: When exclusions go to court
• Tes: Tom Bennett on SEND, exclusions and why his behaviour model works

SEND

• Headteacher update: Supporting pupils with SEND: Our legal duties and how to navigate them

Early years readiness

• Children & Young People Now: Downturn in post-pandemic school readiness reported by trust leaders

Media coverage

AI 

• Tes: Leaders warn about lack of AI knowledge in schools
• Schools Week: How are school leaders navigating the AI revolution?
• SecEd: Schools in AI data protection and compliance warning
• SecEd: Biometric technology in schools: Lessons learned from ICO regulation
• Headteacher Update: School AI use data protection and compliance warning
• Headteacher Update: Implementing biometric technology in schools
• The Educator: Browne Jacobson’s School Leaders Survey illustrates how teachers are adopting AI in the classroom – and mixed feelings over readiness
• Edward Fennell's Legal Diary: Browne Jacobson helps to shape education innovation
• Tech for Good: Building bridges in edtech: The convergence of AI governance and educational needs

SEND

• Schools Week: What do school leaders think will solve the SEND crisis?
• EducationInvestor: UK: Two-thirds of school leaders dissatisfied with SEND guidance
• Local Government Lawyer: Two-thirds of school leaders dissatisfied with existing guidance on supporting SEND pupils, survey finds
• SEND Matters: Schools and families: Do we want the same thing for our children with SEND? 
• Government and Public Sector Journal: SEND Tribunal statistics: Legal comment
• Edward Fennell's Legal Diary: The Latest statistics from the SEND (Special Educational Needs) Tribunal

Other findings

• Headteacher Update: Effective safeguarding leadership: Five areas for focus

Media coverage

Parental complaints

• The Independent: Teachers facing dramatic surge in complaints from parents since Covid as staff forced to quit, survey reveals
• The Times: Vexatious parents are a burden to schools
• Tes: Most schools train leaders to tackle rising parental complaints
• Tes: Key questions to shape your school's complaints policy
• Tes: What a recent High Court case ruling means for school exclusions 
• Education Executive: Parents’ complaints overwhelm schools
• The Educator: Browne Jacobson’s school leaders survey illustrates rising volume of parental complaints and impact on teachers
• Schools Week: How are schools dealing with rising parental complaints?
• Schools Week: New ministers can and must help stem rising complaints
• Schools Week: The rise of parent activism and how schools are tackling it
• Schools Week: Should schools be able to remove pupils for parental abuse?
• Schools Week: Repairs to the school-parent contract must come from the top
• The Independent: Parents to receive guide on how to complain to schools amid rise in disputes

Government policy

• Educate Magazine: More than four in five English school leaders dissatisfied with government’s SEND support
• The Educator: SEND support a major issue in education ahead of General Election, say school leaders in Browne Jacobson survey
• Education Property: SEND support a major issue in education ahead of General Election, say school leaders
• Schools Week: Ofsted: Leaders divided over Labour trust inspection plans

• Sage Journals: Leadership for artificial intelligence use in schools

Other

• Teenagers Untangled (podcast) S5 Ep 157: School problems: Parenting teens through education issues

Media coverage

• Learning Disability Today: Survey shows majority of school leaders dissatisfied with current SEND funding
• Education Executive: School leaders significantly dissatisfied with current government policies across the board