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Teachers should be allowed more flexible working, Bridget Phillipson says

Education secretary says move to marking and preparation out of classroom would help stem retention crisis

The Guardian - UK

Labour’s new bill for children: What parents need to know

Changes to homeschooling and academies come in Labour’s landmark bill

The Independent UK

£75m expansion fund for extra childcare places ahead of full rollout

But early years providers have warned that they could be forced to close as a result of national insurance and minimum wage rises in the Budget.

The Independent UK

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Top London academies face mass claims of emotional harm as Whitehall acts on crisis

Government says allegations ‘deeply distressing’ as dossier of allegations grows in wake of Observer investigation into Mossbourne schools

The Guardian - UK

Primary school teacher trainee numbers have fallen, Government figures show

Labour’s manifesto pledge to recruit 6,500 new teachers may be difficult to achieve, education experts have warned.

The Independent UK

Hundreds of thousands of children in England may be ‘missing’ education – report

The Government should require schools to record reasons for removing pupils from their rolls, the Education Policy Institute think tank has said.

The Independent UK

Families to get 30 minutes of free childcare with school breakfast clubs trial

State primary schools in England can apply to join the trial before the Government’s national rollout of funded breakfast clubs.

The Independent UK

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Number of school suspensions in England has nearly doubled after pandemic

The rise comes amid warnings of more challenging behaviour in classrooms after Covid-19.

The Independent UK

Schools and colleges in England accused of failing in legal duty to tackle racism

Campaigners want anti-racist content to be embedded in curriculum and for Black history to be compulsory subject

The Guardian - UK

Schools in England could be judged on scale of colours in Ofsted proposals

Inspectorate aims to replace single headline grade such as outstanding with assessment of 10 key areas

The Guardian - UK

Hundreds of English schools still at risk from crumbling concrete

Exclusive: Previously unpublished official data shows Raac found at 235 DfE sites

The Guardian - UK

Mel Stride appointed shadow chancellor and Priti Patel shadow foreign secretary as Kemi Badenoch announces team – as it happened

New Conservative leader makes key appointments and says she wants to unite party, with Stride a senior figure on the left and Patel prominent rightwinger

The Guardian - UK

DfE to stop grading English schools based on proportion of Russell Group students

Updated accountability measures aim to encourage school leavers towards wider range of institutions and vocational options

The Guardian - UK

Alarm at first fall in disadvantaged students in England reaching university

Proportion of students eligible for free school meals at 15 who progress to higher education falls from 29.2% to 29%

The Guardian - UK

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Evening Standard

Gap between private and state school pupils going to top universities widens

A social mobility expert has called the latest higher education participation figures a ‘national scandal’.

Evening Standard

Major special educational needs reforms to come ‘in due course’ – minister

It comes after the National Audit Office found the current system is ‘financially unsustainable’.

The Independent UK

Special educational needs system ‘not delivering’ for families – watchdog

The NAO said the Government should introduce urgent reform to put SEN provision in England on a ‘financially sustainable footing’.

The Guardian - UK

Rail, water, energy: the big projects likely to be in Rachel Reeves’ budget

Chancellor expected to promote range of infrastructure plans to boost economy, including reviving parts of HS2

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The Guardian - UK

Special needs funding claims in English schools ‘increasingly being refused’

Financial pressures mean many councils are reluctant to issue top-up funding from high-needs budgets, say experts

The Guardian - UK

Demand for England’s grammar schools falls – despite VAT on school fees

Ending tax exemption for private education has not led to influx at selective secondaries predicted by critics

The Guardian - UK

Private schools say drop in enrolments mainly due to impending VAT on fees

Survey by Independent Schools Council finds UK pupil numbers down 1.7% compared with 2023

The Independent UK

One-word Ofsted ratings for schools scrapped with immediate effect after Ruth Perry’s suicide

The government says the change, which follows the suicide of headteacher Ruth Perry in 2023, needed to reduce the high stakes for schools

The Guardian - UK

Make AI tools to reduce teacher workloads, tech companies urged

Special access granted to DfE resources to train AI models to generate workbooks and lesson plans

The Guardian - UK

Fifty English secondary schools suspended more than a quarter of pupils after pandemic

Exclusive: Children in disadvantaged areas three times as likely to be sent away as pupils in wealthier places

The Guardian - UK

‘Bubble’ of post-pandemic bad behaviour among pupils predicted to peak

Exclusive: Experts say ‘desocialised’ pupils home schooled through Covid are entering traditionally most disruptive years

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