The Latest Breaking News from Department for Education

National Education Union members across 32 sixth form colleges in England will stage their first walkout with two more days planned for next week.

The findings come after a Labour MP called for a legal requirement to be introduced so schools in England are mobile-free zones.

The latest figures released by Department for Education show a stark rise in rates of school suspension, where a child is not allowed to attend the school for a set time, typically on disciplinary grounds. Suspensions are up 31% in spring 2022-23 from the same period the previous year.

The National Education Union will decide next steps over pay and funding at its annual conference in Bournemouth next week

Number of severely absent children was 150% higher last year than pre-Covid, with one in 50 children missing at least half of lessons

Professor Shitij Kapur said universities would need to recruit more international students if undergraduate tuition fees remained frozen.

More than a third of pupils in England were persistently or severely absent in either Year 10 or Year 11 in 2020/21 and 2021/22, analysis found.

The billionaire businessman claimed his plan to help fund the expansion of a primary school’s science centre has faced opposition from officials.

The Department for Education’s top official told MPs that at least 29 schools in England needed mobile classrooms.