DfE names 9 more attendance hubs and expands mentoring Ministers also seek views on ‘missing’ children as department publishes first data on home education and council enforcement
Barran: We need to give MATs support not inspection (for now) New ‘transparent’ commissioning will also address concerns over decision making done based on a ‘list of the friends of the regional director’, academies minister says
Keegan tells NEU to check its facts on teacher pay Education secretary says stats watchdog ruling ‘appears to contradict’ statement from union on lack of funding information
Reading at ‘English hub’ schools holds up post-pandemic But DfE research finds no firm ‘causal’ link between participation and improved phonics scores
New SEND inspections, but usual failings flagged First inspection reports under new SEND framework have been published
DfE brain drain as third senior adviser announces departure Dr Tim Leunig joins David Thomas and Patrick Spencer in exodus from Gillian Keegan’s senior team
Falling rolls will strand more pupils in school ‘cold spots’ Thousands of secondary pupils are already living at least 10 kilometres from their nearest mainstream school
It’s time to decide what our schools and teachers are for Are schools education specialists or the front line of children鈥檚 services? Without clarity we are failing children and staff
Be clearer about ‘fully-funded’ pay offer claim, stats watchdog tells DfE OSR says ministers鈥� funding claim is 鈥榚videnced鈥� at a national level