Struggling council gets first SEND 鈥榠mprovement adviser鈥櫬� John Coughlan, who is also a commissioner in Birmingham, will advise Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole council
Exam paper cyber attack investigation hits dead end Two arrested stood down from bail as ‘no further evidence’
Lambeth spent 拢230k on legal fees over superhead departure It was revealed the council had reached a settlement with Sir Craig Tunstall last month
Zero-tolerance resit rule could cost schools 拢10m Heads warn the ‘out-of-the-blue’ changes, which include minimum teaching hours, are ‘simply unrealistic’
Schools face struggle to plug the gaps in 鈥榖ankrupt鈥� Birmingham School leaders warn councils making multi-million pound cuts to children’s service is a ‘sign that something is badly wrong’
Ministers mull scrapping Gove’s Russell Group school metric It follows calls from a House of Lords committee to review destination measures
de Souza wants to check how many schools ban phones Children’s commissioner tells MPs she’d like to use her statutory powers to get clear picture of practice in schools
GCSEs: What ministers said in response to Lords’ reform calls DfE rejects calls to scrap the EBacc and for wider reform, but sets out some of its thinking on the issue
Ex-education secretary to chair OCR curriculum and exams review Exam board boss said they can ‘create something better across education and assessment’ in secondary schools