SEND review ‘steering group’ appointed to push through reforms Children’s minister defends delays to landmark review and warns Covid has ‘intensified’ issues
Pay rises must be met from schools鈥� core budgets, minister confirms Robin Walker seeks to reassure leaders spending review settlement will make pressures affordable
CO2 monitors: Almost half of promised devices delivered But data doesn’t show how many schools are yet to receive deliveries
EBacc target even further off as entries fall again KS4 data also shows how disadvantage gap has widened according to government’s own metric
Draft law seeks Parliamentary veto on future school closures Education committee chair to introduce bill in Parliament which could class schools as ‘essential infrastructure’
250k Covid absences in week before half term, with south west worst hit DfE data shows Covid absences nationally rose to 3.2 per cent on October 21
Zahawi wants all schools to ‘move towards’ 6.5-hour day Education secretary says he’s looking at ‘excellent examples’ in some academy trusts of a longer school day
MPs give Birbalsingh social mobility role green light Committee says outspoken head will ‘need to demonstrate her ability to listen’ to those ‘with whom she will not always agree’