DfE

With the government wanting mainstream schools to open specialist provision, heads warn that this can lead to increased pressures from parents and other schools

School staff have a ‘legal power’ to use ‘reasonable force’ to prevent students from causing injury, damage or disorder, or committing a crime, the updated DfE guidance says

The DfE’s risk protection arrangement will increase to £29 per pupil from April 2026, up more than 7 per cent on 2025

Minister is asked about how specialist places in mainstream schools will be staffed during latest public engagement event

From AI attendance targets to more mandatory tests, the DfE has not made it easy for schools to remain calm amid so many demands – and 2026 may not be any better, says Pepe Di’Iasio

Teachers will be given specialist training to talk to students about issues such as consent, as part of a new government strategy to address misogyny

Government announces that the use of its national formula for allocating high-needs funding for councils will be paused ahead of its planned reforms to the SEND system

England’s biggest education union voices fears following the announcement that a Google subsidiary is looking to adapt its chatbot for use in schools

Teacher workload and leadership ‘churn’ are among the big issues for the school workforce, an MPs’ committee hears from the NEU, ASCL and NFER

Treasury says the DfE must fund any teacher pay award from its existing budget, with no additional money being provided beyond spending review settlements

Google DeepMind aims to build a version of its Gemini chatbot that can be used by teachers and is trained on the national curriculum in England

Two maths schools have also been given the go-ahead but most of the 44 mainstream free-school schemes that were on hold look set to be scrapped