Rosa Furneaux

London

Investigative Journalist at Reuters

Investigative journalist at @Reuters. Sir Harry Evans Fellow @DurhamIAS. Previously global health @TBIJ. Curious Brit. ✉️ [email protected]

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Articles

Families lose High Court appeal over SEND safety valve deals

1 week ago | schoolsweek.co.uk | Lydia Chantler-Hicks |Jack Dyson |Rosa Furneaux |John Dickens

More from this theme Recent articles Families of children with SEND have lost a High Court legal challenge in which they alleged cash-strapped councils had broken the law over controversial “safety valve agreements”.
Kent council's special school inclusion plans shelved

2 weeks ago | schoolsweek.co.uk | Jack Dyson |Rosa Furneaux |John Dickens |Lydia Chantler-Hicks

More from this theme Recent articles England’s biggest council has shelved proposals as part of a new inclusion strategy to overhaul what it called “restrictive” special schools after legal threats from leaders. The revamp was planned by Kent council as part of widespread reforms to provision for pupils with special needs following damning Ofsted inspections.
Councils splurge £18m on private SEND with repeated failures

2 weeks ago | schoolsweek.co.uk | Rosa Furneaux

More from this theme Recent articles Cash-strapped councils have in the past year paid £18.1 million to private special schools that have repeatedly failed standards inspections, a Schools Week investigation has found. Nearly a third of English councils are sending children to such schools, some of which charge upwards of £100,000 a year. The estimated cost of a SEND private school place nationally is £61,500, compared with £23,900 in state special schools.
Meet the crack team stopping illegal schools

3 weeks ago | schoolsweek.co.uk | Rosa Furneaux |Lydia Chantler-Hicks |Jack Dyson

More from this theme Recent articles In a rare interview, the Ofsted team tasked with tackling illegal schools speaks about the horrors they have witnessed, the risks they face and how they’ve found taxpayers’ money funding some of the worst cases. A visit from Ofsted is enough to get any school leader’s heart pounding. But inspectors arriving at schools usually don’t wear body cameras, nor are they considering the phrase “establishing reasonable cause” as they shake your hand.
Eye-tracking trial helps schools identify struggling readers

3 weeks ago | schoolsweek.co.uk | Rhi Storer |Rosa Furneaux |Lydia Chantler-Hicks

More from this theme Recent articles Eye-tracking software to test children’s reading ability has been trialled in schools to identify pupils needing extra support – and even eye tests. Two academy trusts have piloted the software, developed by Swedish company Tobii. It uses sensors to measure eye movement using cameras mounted on laptop screens. But privacy campaigners have raised concerns about how children’s data may be used if passed on to third-party companies.
Schools warn of staff cuts as Reeves snubs sector

3 weeks ago | schoolsweek.co.uk | Jack Dyson |Rosa Furneaux

More from this theme Recent articles Schools are being urged to save up to £750,000 through redundancies, curriculum squeezes and cuts to programmes supporting the poorest pupils as the funding crisis escalates. Following this week’s spring statement, academy trust bosses are also expecting to have to eat into shrinking reserves ahead of a funding storm in September – with one expecting to use more than £2 million in three years.
Cost-cutters’ savings ‘won’t compensate’ for poor funding

3 weeks ago | schoolsweek.co.uk | Jack Dyson |Rosa Furneaux

More from this theme Recent articles Government cost-cutters have ramped up their efficiency drive in schools, recommending more than £400 million of funding cuts last year. And although schools are making more reductions based on their recommendations than ever, data shows they’re still only implementing a fraction of the advised savings. It comes as schools face a financial triple-whammy that could force them to slash budgets further.
Union anger as spring statement snubs schools

4 weeks ago | schoolsweek.co.uk | Freddie Whittaker |Rosa Furneaux |Lydia Chantler-Hicks |Jack Dyson

Union anger as spring statement snubs schools Reeves mentioned crumbling school rooves, but they won't get more capital cash next year Reeves mentioned crumbling school rooves, but they won't get more capital cash next year More from this theme Recent articles No extra funding for schools was announced in today’s spring statement, frustrating union bosses and prompting warnings of “deep anger among education staff”.
Give us back our money, parents tell failed payment provider

1 month ago | schoolsweek.co.uk | Rosa Furneaux |Lydia Chantler-Hicks |Jack Dyson

More from this theme Recent articles Schools are demanding a payment provider which has ceased operating in the UK refund their parents in full amid accusations that cash is being “withheld”. sQuid provided parents with an online account where funds could be uploaded to pay for school dinners and trips – but shut up shop last Friday. Around 600 schools used it.
Funding storm prepares to crash into schools

1 month ago | schoolsweek.co.uk | Freddie Whittaker |Rosa Furneaux |Jack Dyson

More from this theme Recent articles A gathering funding storm is due to crash down on schools this year as budgets are squeezed by several headwinds. Ministers this week admitted there is not enough headroom in school budgets to cover staff pay rises next year, meaning leaders face the prospect of making more cuts.