Schools lose a quarter of lesson time to poor behaviour – DfE survey Leaders warn of worsening issues and a growing impact on their wellbeing
Keegan: ‘Hard to guarantee’ we’ll fully fund teacher pay rise Education secretary says it will be ‘difficult’ for government to raid its own budget again, but says she will ‘take on challenge’
Politicians and media would ‘draw own conclusions’ if Ofsted grades scrapped – DfE Government also rejects calls from MPs to reduce the frequency of inspections
Deprived schools more likely to see progress 8 scores fall Analysis comes as Covid impact and potential Labour changes may spell end to measure in its current form
Movers and shakers: McCandless, Coiffait-Gunn, MacKenzie, Robinson, Uttley, Spackman Leader who worked on Bill Clinton’s campaign and journalist who dined with Donald Trump among those with new jobs in education
SchoolsCompany: £900k, three years … and still no final claims Landmark academy court case criticised over ‘scandalous’ costs and delays
Trust sues ex-bosses over global business trips, holiday cottages – and wants wages repaid Full story of the landmark SchoolsCompany Trust court case as trustees chased for missing £2.8 million
Sir Paul Marshall steps down from Ark Schools board Media mogul was accused of liking and sharing far-right extremist posts and conspiracy theories on social media
Kebede puts Labour ‘on notice’: NEU ‘won’t tolerate’ education cuts Conservatives have ‘failed education’, but Labour plans a ‘long way from the scale of change that we need’