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The government also announces plans for ‘V-level’ vocational qualifications, along with a duty on schools to support students into post-16 study

Professor Becky Francis tells the Confederation of School Trusts conference that only 50 out of 3,000 17-year-olds who had achieved a grade 2 in GCSE maths went on to pass in the most recent round of resits

The introduction of inspections for trusts should not discourage them from taking on struggling schools, argues the MAT sector body

Sector leaders voice concerns that the government’s first wave of behaviour and attendance hubs includes only mainstream settings

But England’s largest education union warns against ‘tutoring on a shoestring’ and says many disadvantaged students need direct contact with teachers

Expert advisers will now look at how the government’s inclusion drive tallies with curriculum and Ofsted reform

A mandatory reading test for Year 8 students will also be introduced by the end of this parliament, Bridget Phillipson confirms

Top official also tells the Covid inquiry of concerns about the DfE’s current ability – in the event of another pandemic – to identify which pupils have digital devices for remote learning

Although severe pupil absence is a growing problem since the pandemic, the scale of issue is not as bad as official DfE data suggests, according to a study

Former education secretary criticises Boris Johnson for giving ‘false hope’ in spring 2020 that schools would reopen

Former academies minister calls on DfE to set out plans for new multi-academy trust inspection regime

The government’s SEND reforms must ensure that special educational needs coordinators get better support, say experts, as exclusive data reveals their ‘unsustainable’ workload