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Former free school head returns as education secretary special adviser, with a focus on school and family policy

Ofsted must ask chief inspector Amanda Spielman for evidence behind concerns she raised with MPs over home education, tribunal rules

Unions react with anger after Gillian Keegan warns that the DfE could introduce minimum service levels for schools to curb strike disruption

Education secretary Gillian Keegan describes SEND as being in a ‘lose-lose-lose situation’ with the Treasury, councils and service users all dissatisfied

Senior government figures should make marginalised and vulnerable pupils their policy ‘starting point’, says headteachers’ leader Geoff Barton

Secondary students are more likely to be negative about maths than primary pupils, research shows